The Chotte Sahibzaade’s Final Journey

The youngest martyrs in Sikh history were only five and eight years old when they chose

death over betraying their faith. These images capture Mata Gujri and the Chotte Sahibzaade's

final journey before being bricked alive in a wall. That luminous forest walk was their last

taste of freedom. The warm exchanges under that tree were their final moments of childhood

innocence. When you see that dirt on the young boy's face, that's not from

playing. That's from standing firm as executioners built a wall around them,

brick by brick. Mata Gujri's contemplative gaze in that final image isn't just reflection.

She's sitting in prison, knowing her grandsons chose martyrdom at an age when most