Chandu Shah
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Chandu Shah is a man who features in Sikh historical accounts. Sikh tradition holds that he was an affluent banker and revenue official of the Mughal emperors from Lahore who conspired against the fif
Darbar of Jahangir with officials, ca.1620
Chandu Shah being paraded through the markets of Lahore, by the Half Tone Press, Ranjit Nagara, Lahore, Punjab, ca.1930's
Guru Arjan
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Guru Arjan was the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. He is regarded as t
Chandu Shah
…Sikh tradition holds that he was an affluent banker and revenue official of the Mughal emperors from Lahore who conspired against the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan. He was from a Sahi (Shahi) Khatri background and was in the service of the Subahdar (Governor) of Lahore province. His hostility towards the Guru began…
Painting of Guru Arjan by the family atelier of Purkhu of Kangra, circa 1800
Fresco of Baba Buddha crowning Guru Arjan as the next guru by placing tilak on his forehead, known as the Gurgadi ceremony. Guru Ram Das is depicted to the immediate bottom right of Arjan.
Painting of the torture and martyrdom of Arjan by the Punjabi painter Sri Ram (1876 – 1926)
The Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore, Pakistan, commemorates the spot where Guru Arjan Dev is traditionally believed to have died.