Harmandir Sahib
Katha
Baba Deep Singh's Martyrdom
At seventy-five, Baba Deep Singh vowed to reach and restore a desecrated Harmandir Sahib, and fulfilled that vow even after a mortal wound.
Guru Ram Das and the Founding of Amritsar
The fourth Sikh Guru, Ram Das, founded the city later named Amritsar around a sacred pool, the Amrit Sarovar, that his son Guru Arjan Dev would complete around the Golden Temple.
The Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, compiled the Adi Granth and built Harmandir Sahib. His calm acceptance of a torturous death in 1606 became Sikhism's first martyrdom.