05-01-2017: 350th Prakash Utsav: Guru Gobind Singh A commemorative postage stamp

Guru Gobind Singh was born on 22nd December 1666 in Patna, Bihar. His father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, the Ninth Guru, was then travelling across Bengal and Assam. Returning to Patna in 1670, he directed his family to return to Punjab. On the site of the house at Patna in which Gobind Rai was born and where he spent his early childhood now stands a sacred shrine, Takht Sri Harimandir Sahib, one of the five most honoured seats of religious authority for the Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh Ji infused the spirit of both sainthood and soldier in the minds and hearts of his followers to fight oppression to restore justice, peace, and righteousness(Dharma) and to uplift the downtrodden people in the world.