Punjab: Gurdwara Chhan Baba Kuma Maski Sahib in Punjab's Ropar(Rupnagar) district marks the place where Guru Gobind Singh Ji's mother Mata Gujri and younger sons spent their night after being separated from their family.
ETV Bharat visited this place in remembrance of the sacrifices that the Sikh Guru and his Sahibzadas have made for the Sikhs.
On a fateful December night, Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Ji's family got separated from each other, particularly known as Parivar Vichora in the Sikh religion.
He and his family had vacated Sri Anandpur Sahib on a cold night in 1704. His family and other Sikhs from Anandpur Sahib paused near the Sarsa river for resting.
It was then that they were attacked by Mughals who had broken their promise of safe conduct.
While many Sikhs swept in the current of the cold Sarsa river while crossing it, some managed to cross it.
Among them were Guru ji and the two elder sons and along with 40 other Sikhs.
Meanwhile, his mother Mata Gujri and two younger sons(Sahibzadas) Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh Ji could not cross Sarsa and got separated from each other.
All three along with other Sikhs kept moving alongside the Sarsa until they could find a shelter.
They were guided by their Hindu cook to a small huntment. There, they spend their night in the hut of Kuma Maski(boatman).
This journey of Mata Gujri and the two Sahibzadas from after being separated from their family to finding shelter at the huntment is called the Journey of Martyrdom.
And it was after Kuma Maski's name after which Gurdwara Chhan Baba Kuma Maski Sahib was named.
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