years after the guru's death and it was Mata Sundri, the widow of the guru, who asked Bhai Mani Singh, a contemporary of the guru, to collect all the hymns composed by the guru and prepare a Granth of the Guru. However, the narrative of Bhai Mani Singh being the collector and compiler of Guru Gobind Singh's writings is strongly based on a letter purported to be Bhai Mani Singh writing to Mata Sundari. The authenticity of this letter has been challenged by scholars like Rattan Singh Jaggi, who claim the writing style does not match Bhai Mani Singh's time period and the letter only surfaced in the 1920's. It was completed in 1711. In its present form it contains 1428 pages and 16 chapters as listed below. The Nihang Dasam Granth contains 70 chapters. Jaap (meditation) Bichitra Natak (autobiography of the Guru) Akal Ustat (praises of God) Chandi Charitar I & II (the character of goddess Chandi) Chandi di Var (a ballad to describe goddess Durga) Gian Prabodh (the awakening of knowledge) Chaubis Avtar (24 incarnations of Vishnu ordered by Supreme God) Brahm Avtar (incarnation of Brahma) Rudar Avtar (incarnation of Shiva) Shabad Hazare (ten shabads) Swayyae (33 stanzas) Khalsa Mehma (the praises of the Khalsa) Shaster Nam Mala (a list of weapons) Triya Charitar (the character of humans whose fall in deeply and mentally sexual desire ) Zafarnamah (epistle of victory, a letter written to Emperor Aurangzeb) Hikayats (stories) The following are the main banis regularly recited by devoted amritdhari Sikhs: Japji Sahib Jaap Sahib Tav Prasad Savaiye Chaupai Sahib Rehiraas Sahib Sarbloh Granth The Sarbloh Granth (Punjabi: ਸਰਬਲੋਹ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ, sarabalŝha grantha) also called Manglacharan Puran, is a voluminous book contains collections of various writings of Guru Gobind Singh, Poets and other Sikhs. Sarbloh Granth literally means "the Granth or Scripture of all-steel or iron". Khalsa Mahima is part of this Granth. This Granth contains hymns of greatness of Panth and Granth. Khalsa Mahima is authentic hymn of Guru Gobind Singh of this granth. Languages Khadi boli Konkani and Marathi Punjabi Persian Hyderabadi Brij Influence of Awadhi Panjabi Influence of Urdu Persian Influence of Arabic Conservation Large amounts of historical Sikh scriptural manuscripts have been systematically "cremated" (burnt to destruction) over the years at secretive ‘Angitha Sahib’ gurdwaras in Punjab and around India under the guise of kar seva. This practice is criticized for systematically destroying historical manuscripts