Guru Ram Das Ji emphasised seva and charity, he was a self-made man, who came to Guru Angad Dev Ji as a helpless orphan, but due to his devotion and humility was elevated to the position of Guru. “ The Light of Guru Nanak Dev Ji is in you”, Bhai Jetha was then renamed Guru Ram Das Ji ( God’s Servant) and became the fourth Guru King. Guru Amar Das Ji hugged Bhai Jetha and said: Guru Ji continued rejecting the platforms until Bhai Rama Ji refused to build anymore.īhai Jetha built and rebuilt the platform 7 times and each time falling at Guru Amar Das Ji’s feet asking for forgiveness and pleading ignorance of Guru Ji’s exact requirement. Both Bhai Rama and Bhai Jetha built the platforms but Guru Ji rejected both as unsuitable.īhai Rama Ji and Bhai Jetha Ji rebuilt the platforms a second and third time but with the same results. Guru Amar Das Ji requested both to build a platform from which he would address the Sadh-Sangat. His first task was the provision of a water supply, so Bhai Jetha Ji planned and constructed a huge tank, this was the beginning of a town called Ram Daspur later to be known as Amritsar.Īt this time Guru Amar Das Ji was getting old and decided to test his two son in laws ( Bhai Jetha and Bhai Rama) whom he thought suitable for succession. Guru Amar Das decided to set up a new township to serve as a centre for the Sikhs, he delegated Bhai Jetha Ji who selected a large piece of land which was purchased. Guru Amar Das Ji was impressed by Bhai Jetha’s devotion and service that he had his daughter Bibi Bhani married to Bhai Jetha Ji. He actively helped Guru Amar Das Ji in his works including the founding of the city of Goindwal and the construction of the deep well (Baoli Sahib) as a welfare project. He was taken in by his grandmother and wasn’t lucky enough to go to school and worked hard selling Indian sweets.įortunately Guru Amar Das Ji adopted Bhai Jetha, who learnt Gurmukhi and would do seva for Guru Ji and the Sadh-Sangat (holy congregation) in the early morning and then work in langar for the rest of the day. Known as Bhai Jetha (before he became Guru Ram Das Ji), he was only 7 years old when both his parents died.
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