On 24th August, 2021, Afghan Sikhs brought three hand-written ‘Swaroops’ of Shri Guru Granth SahibJi from Afghanistan to India.
There were a total of 13 ‘Swaroop’ of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in Afghanistan. After the attack at Gurudwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul on March 25, 2020, seven ‘Swaroops’ were shifted from different Gurudwaras to India.
At present, there are three more Swaroops in Afghanistan.
About ‘Swaroop’
It is a physical copy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, also called ‘Bir’ in Punjabi.
Every ‘Bir’ has 1,430 pages, which are referred to as ‘Ang’.
The verses on every page remain the same.
Compilation
The fifth Sikh Guru, Guru ArjanDev compiled the first ‘Bir’ of the Guru Granth Sahib in 1604, and installed it at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
The tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, added verses written by his father Guru TeghBahadur, and compiled the ‘Bir’ for the second and last time.
In 1708, Guru Gobind Singh declared the Guru Granth Sahib the living Guru of the Sikhs.
