Sehaj Paath from Pothi Sahib (smaller volume of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji)
Sikh woman doing Sehaj Paath (slow, intermittent reading) from a Senchi Sahib
Sikh woman reading from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
A woman reading Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, feeling blessed to connect with her Divine Creator
A Sikh grandmother with a wise, graceful presence
Sikh mother and child sharing a spiritual moment together
Keski – a short turban, part of the Panj Kakkaar (5 Ks) uniform
Sikh women having their children snatched away from them by the Mughal guards of Mir Mannus jail in order for them to kill and torture their children in hope the Sikh women convert
Sikh women having their children snatched away from them when in the custody of Mir Mannu in his cruel prison in Lahore
Sikh women having their children removed from them in the jail of Mir Mannu
Sikh women arrested by Mir Mannu sharing one Roti bread amongst all of them enduring hunger with the power and strength from Gurbani prayers
Sikh women being arrested in Lahore after Lakhpat Rai issues orders that all Sikh women and children should be arrested and put in prison in 1748
Sikh women in Mir Mannus jail living off a small piece of dry Roti bread and a sip of water a day
Sikh women in Mir Mannu's prison in Lahore grinding flour as part of strenuous labour aimed at breaking their Sikh spirit with the end goal that they convert
Sikh women in the jail of Mir Mannu in Lahore 1748 1753 for refusing to give up their faith
Sikh women forced to do hard labour in Lahore by Mir Mannu in the 18th century
Sikh women in the jail of Mir Mannu in Lahore 1748 1753 for refusing to give up their faith
Sikh women held as prisoners in Mir Mannus Jail 1748 1753
Sikh elders, women and children being arrested in villages and towns and brough to Lahore for torture and imprisonment in aim to break the spirit of the Sikh community on the orders of the Lakhpat Rai in 1748
Sikh women in Mir Mannus jail rejecting the offers and greed offered to lure them to converting and accepting Islam with full defiance and Sikh spirit
Sikh women having their children snatched away from them by the Mughal guards of Mir Mannus jail in order for them to kill and torture their children in hope the Sikh women convert
Sikh women prisoners of Mir Mannus jail praying together in the evening reciting Rehras Sahib not giving up their faith against all odds
Sikh women in Mir Mannus jail rejecting the offers and greed offered to lure them to converting and accepting Islam with full defiance and Sikh spiri
Sikh women prisoners of Mir Mannus jail praying together in the last quarter of the night Amrit Vela meditating on Naam the Sacred Sound of Vaheguru not giving up their faith against all odds
In 1753 Khalsa Army stormed the prison of Mir Mannu and liberated the surviving Sikh women that had endured hunger and torture but never gave up their Sikhi
Mata Jeevan Kaur Ji mother of Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia performing Kirtan in a Bunga in the holy complex of Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar
18th century women doing Kirtan using the Saranda instrument that was designed by Guru Arjan Dev Ji
Mata Jeevan Kaur Ji mother of Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia performing Kirtan inside Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar
Mata Jeevan Kaur Ji mother of Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia performing Kirtan inside Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar
Mata Jeevan Kaur Ji mother of Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia performing Kirtan inside Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar
18th century women performing Kirtan in the precents of Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar
Mata Jivan Kaur Ji mother of Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia performing Kirtan inside Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar
Traditional Punjabi Sikh women weaving and stitching as per Punjabi cultural practices
Traditional Punjabi Sikh woman grinding flour as per Punjabi cultural practice
A traditional Punjabi Sikh woman cooking Roti chapatti in a traditional Punjabi village
Sikh Punjabi women carrying water in a village in Punjab
Sikh Punjabi women carrying water in a village in Punjab
