![]() ![]() But when he came to Baba Bakala to make the offering, he found that there were too many claimants to guruship. On finding his ship, full of rich merchandise, sinking, Bhai Makhan Shah Lubana prayed that if his ship survived he would offer a certain amount to the Guru. He visited all the 22 impostors and made each of them offering of two gold mohars, but none of them asked for the balance. He thought to put two mohars before each impostor and the real Guru being the searcher of hearts, would ask for the balance of his promised offering. In that state of confusion and uncertainty, he resolved to try the Pretenders. He was surprised to find that twenty-two Sodhis had installed themselves as Gurus. Makhan Shah came to the village of Bakala to pay his offering to the Guru. When his vessel full of merchandise was sinking, he had invoked Guru Nanak and had vowed to offer five hundred gold mohars (coins) if the vessel reached the shore safely (some say that he vowed 101 gold mohars). ![]() Makhan Shah Labana of Jehlem district was a trade merchant. The Sikhs were in great confusion as they could not know who the real Guru was. As this word reached the village Bakala, twenty-two Sodhis including Baba Dhir Mal, the grandson of Guru Har Gobind, set up their shops and claimed themselves as the ninth Guru. ![]() ‘Baba Bakale’, was the only clue given by Guru Har Kishen for his successor. ![]()
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