Bhai Dayala, also known as Bhai Dayal Das, was an early martyr of Sikhism. He was boiled alongside his Sikh companions Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das and the Ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur.
Fresco depicting the execution of Bhai Dayala and Bhai Mati Das before Guru Tegh Bahadur from Gurdwara Baba Bakala
Diorama statues at Mehdiana Sahib depicting Bhai Dayala being boiled alive
Detail of Basahatullah's 19th century painting of the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur (beheaded), Bhai Mati Das (sawed in two), and Bhai Dayala Das (boiling in cauldron).
A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial usage, the term can also refer to any person who suffers a significant consequence in protest or support of a cause.
Sculpture at Mehdiana Sahib of the execution of Banda Singh Bahadur by Mughals in 1716
Martyrdom of the seven Hebrew brothers, Attavante degli Attavanti, Vatican Library
From the gallery of 20th century martyrs at Westminster Abbey—l. to r. Mother Elizabeth of Russia, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Archbishop Óscar Romero and Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Illustration of Christian martyrs burned at the stake by Ranavalona I in Madagascar
