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When Guru Harkrishan at the time of his departure to the heavenly abode could not name his successor and uttered only two words ‘Baba Bakale' meant that Guru was at Bakala.
<br/><br/>About 22 pretenders posed themselves as the true Gurus and established their Manjis there. But when Guru Harkrishan spoke these words at that time there was no other house of Guru at Bakala.
<br/><br/>Guru Tegh Bahadur was staying there for more than twenty years. He was son of Guru Hargobind and was leading a very pious life. So he was known all over Punjab. He had even travelled India and had many followers.
<br/><br/>Among the twenty two claimants, Baba Dhir Mal a nephew of Guru Tegh Bahadur was the most formidable as he had the copy of Guru Granth Sahib, compiled by Guru Arjan Dev.
<br/><br/>But he was not grandfather of Guru Harkrishan. He was not the son of any Guru. But he tried his best to prove himself that he was the true guru.
<br/><br/>But Guru Tegh Bahadur did not care about this drama. Mata Nanaki asked him again and again to challenge the claims of false pretenders, but He did not agree.
<br/><br/>But Mata Nanaki could not telerate such a fake show to let loose for more days. She wrote a letter to Bhai Garia and Bhai Dwarka Dass to come to Bakala in order to coronate Tegh Bahadur as the true Guru.
<br/><br/>These Sikhs reached Bakala and summoned a meeting of pious Sikhs to solve the problem.
<br/><br/>Bhai Durgah Mal and Baba Gurditta also reached there. They were present at Delhi at the time of Guru Harkrishan's departure for Divine journey.
<br/><br/>They had received from the Guru Harkrishan five paisa, a coconut and other spiritual stuff to be bestowed on the new Guru.
<br/><br/>All the devotees entered the house of Guru Tegh Bahadur and paid him homage.
<br/><br/>Bhai Dargah Mal placed five paisa and coconut and bowed before the Guru. Baba Gurditta applied Tilak on the forehead of the Guru and bowed before him. Then all members of the congregation bowed before the Guru.
<br/><br/>After attaining Guruship, the Guru advised them that they should not announce that He was the true Guru. The Guru did not want to adopt those methods which the pretenders were doing. He did not consider Gurudom as a business.
<br/><br/> The Guru was confident that those false pretenders would not last long. These false faces would be uncovered one day.
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