he turned into the younger son of his eldest, baba gurditta, who had predeceased his father. harrai acceded to guru nanak’s religious legacy on on eight march 1644. he had been his gradfather’sfavourite. he become mild by nature, type hearted and religious. he had received steerage training from the guru himself. he turned into married in 1640 and had sons: ram rai and harkrishan.

guru harrai persisted to preserve the style of his grandfather, with armed retainers. however he faced no armed warfare. he took steps to further propagate guru nanak’s message. he despatched numerous religious and carried out Sikhs to spread the faith: bhagatbhagvan to eastern india, bhaipheru to rajputana and southern punjab, bhaigonda to kabul, bhainattha to dhaka and bhaijodh to multan. he himself travelled in punjab and kashmir and attracted greater fans. he kept his everlasting seat at kiratpur where he persevered the traditions of network prayer, day by day discourses, the langar and counseling his followers.

as soon as, whilst the emperor shah jahan fell significantly ill, his son, aurangzeb, imprisoned him in agra fortress, and connived together with his older brothers towards the eldest, darashikoh, who fled to the panjab and sought the guru’s assist.

the latter is stated to have deployed a modest force at goindval to put off aurangzeb’s forces who have been in pursuit. darashikoh became eventually defeated and killed. aurangzeb later contrived additionally to kill his other brothers and ascended to the throne in 1658, whilst his father changed into alive. shah jahanrai went to dehra dun wherein he settled without ever seeing his father once more.

guru harrai then nominated his more youthful son, harkrishan to prevail him earlier than he surpassed away at kiratpur on 6 october 1661.