Bandi Chhor Divas is Sikh Diwali, and the difference matters to Sikhs more than most outsiders realise. Guru Hargobind was imprisoned in Gwalior fort by Jahangir; on his release he refused to leave unless the fifty-two Hindu rajas held there came with him. The condition — that only those able to hold his cloak could follow — produced a garment with fifty-two tassels, and he walked out with all of them. He reached Amritsar on the night of Diwali and the city was lit for him. Sikhs mark the day as Bandi Chhor, the liberation of the imprisoned, and the Golden Temple lighting is one of the largest religious displays in India. The historical details of the imprisonment are debated and the number fifty-two is likely symbolic; the political reading — that liberation is worthless if taken alone — is the part the tradition insists on.