360° DARSHAN OF SRI GURU TEGH BAHADUR'S SHAHEEDI

A 360-degree mixed reality film on Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur's life and martyrdom is drawing thousands of devotees, who simply scan a QR code to experience key moments of his sacrifice, courage and legacy on their phones.

- TARUNI GANDHI

Standees showing with QR Code and description of Guru and his devotees' sacrifices

The 350th martyrdom anniversary of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur ji has turned into one of the most engaging commemorations Punjab has witnessed in recent years, as more than 20,000 devotees scanned a simple QR code on their phones to watch a 360 degree animated film based on the Ninth Guru's life and sacrifice. What began as a digital experiment has grown into a powerful collective moment in which technology is being used to deepen faith, memory and historical awareness.

At the heart of this initiative is a mixed reality presentation titled Hind Di Chadar, a tribute designed to take viewers inside 11 defining episodes of Guru Tegh Bahadur ji's spiritual journey. The Government of Punjab introduced the concept during the ongoing commemorative events in Chandigarh and Sri Anandpur Sahib, placing QR code standees at key points for easy access. Devotees only had to point their smartphone cameras at the code to enter an immersive world that carried them back three and a half centuries.

The mixed reality experience also brings into focus the unshakeable courage of Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Sati Das and Bhai Jaita ji, whose devotion to Guru Tegh Bahadur ji forms an inseparable part of this chapter in Sikh history. Their stories appear in the 360 degree journey not as separate episodes but as a powerful extension of the Guru's stand for righteousness.