SHAHEEDI DIVAS- JOR MELA

Shaheedi Jor Mela (Get-Together) is organized every year in December at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab, India to pay homage to the martyrdom of Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh, the youngest sons of the Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh. During the three days of Mela lakh, devotees visit Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib and Gurdwara Jyoti Swarup to pay their obeisance.  Among four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, two elder sons were martyred in the battle of Chamkaur while his two younger sons Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh were captured by the Muslim governor of Sirhind Wazir khan.  He offered them treasure and easy lives if they would only convert to Islam, but they refused and stuck their faith in Sikhism. They were [Tomb] alive by being bricked into a wall, but the wall collapsed. On 26 December 1705, they were killed at Sirhind. Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib, north of the Sirhind marks the site of their live entombment.