It’s Bandi Chhor Divas on Wednesday and we will be celebrating with morning and evening divans at the Gurdwara Sahib that day. Morning is 10am -12 pm and then evening is from 5 pm onwards with Kirtan from 7-9 pm.
Going back in history, let's see why we celebrate Bandi Chorr Divas.
Chandu Shah was the governor of Lahore and a wealthy banker. His family priest suggested Guru Arjan Dev’s son Hargobind would be a good match for his daughter. Believing in the caste system, and that his family was more upper class than Guru Ji, Chandu Shah refused and made disparaging comments about Guru Arjand Dev Ji. Over time he changed his mind and wanted his daughter to marry Hargobind, however Guru Ji refused knowing that this was a false show. Chandu Shah had shown his real colors earlier from his comments. Chandu Shah was enraged and went on to cause the torture of Guru Arjan Dev Ji.
Going back in history, let's see why we celebrate Bandi Chorr Divas.
Chandu Shah was the governor of Lahore and a wealthy banker. His family priest suggested Guru Arjan Dev’s son Hargobind would be a good match for his daughter. Believing in the caste system, and that his family was more upper class than Guru Ji, Chandu Shah refused and made disparaging comments about Guru Arjand Dev Ji. Over time he changed his mind and wanted his daughter to marry Hargobind, however Guru Ji refused knowing that this was a false show. Chandu Shah had shown his real colors earlier from his comments. Chandu Shah was enraged and went on to cause the torture of Guru Arjan Dev Ji.
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When Jahangir fell ill, Chandu Shah wanted to find a way to imprison Guru Hargobind Ji as well. He told an astrologer to tell Jahangir that a holy man needed to pray for him at the Gwalior Fort (prison) in order for him to get better. Chandu Shah recommended this be Guru Hargobind Ji. Guru Ji prayed in the prison, and worked to have the conditions of the jail improved for the prisoners. Hari Daas, who was in charge of the prison was actually a follower of the Guru himself, and helped as much as he could including foiling Chandu Shah’s plan to poison Guru ji. Jahangir’s health improved but the Guru Ji was kept prisoner. His followers, led by Baba Buddha Ji, became concerned and visited Guru Ji. Guru Ji told them not to worry. Sufi Saint Mian Mir then convinced Jahangir to release Guru Ji. Guru Ji thought of the other prisoners, Hindu Princes who had only been imprisoned due to political reasons and were suffering for years in the poor conditions of the jail. He said he would leave the jail if the other prisoners would be released. Jahangir did not like this idea, but agreed that only those prisoners who could hold the cloak of the Guru could be released. Guru Ji designed a long cloak with 52 tails for each prisoner to hold, and they were all released. Gurdwara Bandi Chorr Sahib has been created at the site of the Gwalior fort. So Bandi Chhor Divas, translated as “prisoner release day” is the day that Guru Hargobind Sahib and the 52 princes were freed from the prison. When Guru Ji safely traveled home to Amritsar, Diwali was being celebrated by the Hindus, so we celebrate Bandi Chhor Divas at Diwali each year.
Happy Bandi Chhor Divas everyone!
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Bandi_Chhorh_Divas
http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/bandi-chhor-divas-celebrating-the-liberation-of-the-sixth-sikh-guru-guru-hargobind
http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/bandi-chhor-divas-celebrating-the-liberation-of-the-sixth-sikh-guru-guru-hargobind
picture from http://sikhguru.org.uk/sikhsim/festivalsceremonies/bandi-chhor-divas/
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But it's important to distinguish that the researchers who wrote the new paper have expertise in solar sails, so they're suggesting that 'Oumuamua could be like a solar sail, said Coryn Bailer-Jones of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. Bailer-Jones' paper on possible origin sites for 'Oumuamua was accepted by the Astrophysical Journal in September.
"Aliens would only come into all of this if you accept their assumption (and that's what it is; it doesn't come from the data) that 'Oumuamua is sail-like, and also assume nothing like that can be natural," Bailer-Jones wrote in an email. "In fact, they only mention the word 'alien' once, when they mention in passing that 'Oumuamua might have been targeted to intercept the solar system.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/health/oumuamua-alien-probe-harvard-intl/index.html