8) GURU HAR KRISHAN SAHIB JI

ਸ੍ਰੀ ਹਰਿਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਜਿਸੁ ਡਿਠੇ ਸਭਿ ਦੁਖਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
I remember Guru Sri Har Kishan, by whose sight all the sufferings vanish.

(Guru Gobind Singh Ji, Sri Dasam Guru Granth Sahib Ji)

The eighth manifestation of Sri Akaal Purakh is Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji. Born on 7 July 1656 at Kiratpur Sahib, they became the youngest Guru of the Sikhs at age five. Guru Ji had the shortest reign of Guruship which lasted only two years and five months. When Guru Ji heard the news about smallpox spreading in the city of Delhi, they went there to shelter and care for the people in need. Guru Ji contracted smallpox and did Akaal Chalana before reaching their eighth birthday.

Just before their Akaal Chalana, Guru Ji uttered ‘Baba Bakale’ which suggested that the next successor of the Sikhs was to be Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji.