Portfolio -Guru Gobind Singh

Author: DaljeetPublisher: Aravali Books InternationalYear: 1999Language: EnglishPages: PortfolioISBN/UPC (if available): N/A DescriptionThis portfolio of 7 color plates with an 8-page introduction and commentary on each plate presents a selection from several Art Museums. Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhs and the founder of Khalsa, was born at Patna on 22nd December, 1666 in somewhat unusual circumstances. At the age of 6 he was sent to Anandpur Sahib where he was taught Gurbani and Gurmukhi in Munshi Sahib Chand's Madrasa, Persian in Pir Muhammad Qazi's Maqtab and Sanskrit and Hindi in a local pathshala. Special trainers were deployed for training him in swordmanship, horse-riding, hunting, swimming and archery, and also in techniques of warfare and strategic arrangement of armies. He had divine attributes by birth. Paintings included in this portfolio depict various aspects of his grandeur.