![]() Dhir Mal could not reconcile with the situation and was determined to snatch the Guruship by force. Makhan Shah’s discovery of the genuine Guru put an end to the pretensions of the false Gurus. After Guru Har Gobind, he with his mother, Mata Nanaki and his wife went to live in Bakala. He was married to Mata Gujri, daughter of Lal Chand of Kartarpur in Jullundhur district. Guru Tegh Bahadur was the fifth and the youngest son of Guru Har Gobind and was born on first of April, 1621 to Mata Nanaki at Amritsar, Guru ke Mahal. He then went to the roof of the house and screamed, Guru Ladho! Guru Ladho! ‘I have found the Guru! I have found the Guru!’ Upon this Guru Tegh Bahadur asked, How now, O Sikh, thou art trying to wheedle the Guru by presenting him with only two gold mohars? Where are the balance of five hundred gold mohars you had promised when your ship was sinking? Mukhan Shah was delighted and prostrated himself before the Guru. Makhan Shah went and as usual made his offering of two gold mohars. Someone informed him about Guru Tegh Bahadur. He then inquired if there was any one else in Bakala. “Come all ye followers of the Guru, I have found Him! When the ninth Guru asked for the promised offer, Bhai Makhan Shah went to the top of the roof and declared, Presuming that the Real Guru would himself know and question him to make the promised offering, he went around placing two coins before each one of them. But when he came to Baba Bakala to make the offering, he found that there were too many claimants to guruship. On finding his ship, full of rich merchandise, sinking, Bhai Makhan Shah Lubana prayed that if his ship survived he would offer a certain amount to the Guru. He visited all the 22 impostors and made each of them offering of two gold mohars, but none of them asked for the balance. He thought to put two mohars before each impostor and the real Guru being the searcher of hearts, would ask for the balance of his promised offering. In that state of confusion and uncertainty, he resolved to try the Pretenders. He was surprised to find that twenty-two Sodhis had installed themselves as Gurus. Makhan Shah came to the village of Bakala to pay his offering to the Guru. When his vessel full of merchandise was sinking, he had invoked Guru Nanak and had vowed to offer five hundred gold mohars (coins) if the vessel reached the shore safely (some say that he vowed 101 gold mohars). Makhan Shah Labana of Jehlem district was a trade merchant. The Sikhs were in great confusion as they could not know who the real Guru was. As this word reached the village Bakala, twenty-two Sodhis including Baba Dhir Mal, the grandson of Guru Har Gobind, set up their shops and claimed themselves as the ninth Guru. ‘Baba Bakale’, was the only clue given by Guru Har Kishen for his successor. ![]()
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