On 24th August, 2021, Afghan Sikhs brought three hand-written ‘Swaroops’ of Shri Guru Granth SahibJi from Afghanistan to India.
There were a total of 13 ‘Swaroop’ of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in Afghanistan. After the attack at Gurudwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul on March 25, 2020, seven ‘Swaroops’ were shifted from different Gurudwaras to India.
At present, there are three more Swaroops in Afghanistan.
About ‘Swaroop’
It is a physical copy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, also called ‘Bir’ in Punjabi.
Every ‘Bir’ has 1,430 pages, which are referred to as ‘Ang’.