Bandi Chhor Divas Story for Kids with 52-Tassel Cloak Craft

This is a 13-page printable for Bandi Chhor Divas, the Sikh remembrance on the night of Diwali. It is written for a child of about 5 to 9 and the grown-up who reads aloud: the story of Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji's release from Gwalior Fort, together with the 52 princes who held on to the tassels of his cloak, and a cloak craft that children make while the story is read.

Inside: a short note for the grown-up (including that accounts of the year differ); the story in four large-type read-aloud pages, about four minutes in all; a page on Amritsar and how gurdwaras and homes are lit today; craft instructions; a cloak to colour and cut out with 52 numbered boxes; a sheet of 52 numbered tassels to cut out and glue on, one for each prince; a page of 52 diyas to colour and count, with four simple counting questions; a page of words to know, with the Gurmukhi title; and a sources page.

The Gurus are not drawn, in keeping with Sikh practice. The pictures are the fort, the lamps and the cloak. This is a children's retelling and not a ruling, and families may tell the story a little differently. In 2026 the night falls on 8 November.

Print on US Letter or A4 (the margins fit both), with scissors, a glue stick and crayons.

This printable was created with the help of AI tools, then checked fact by fact.

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