Kavi Darbar

[1]: 62–63  They further state that the number 52 came into popular parlance and tradition due to its auspicious associations in Sanskrit and Devanagari, and therefore was "used in order to convey an amount of sanctity on this assembly".

[1]: 126  Guru Gobind Singh may have established the Kavi Darbar assemblies due to the influence of Mughal (and to a lesser extent, Pahari Raja) courtly norms and functions.

[1]: 126  The authors of the Sikh Kavi Darbars produced literature typically about popular subjects of the era using fancy language, emulating their contemporaries found within other poetical courts of the subcontent at the time.

[1]: 193  Common topics covered by the writings of the Kavis were ritigranths (style manuscripts) and Braj interpretations of the Mahabharata epic but also other Indic texts.

[2] However, all of this literature, aside from a tiny surviving portion of material that was transferred out of the area earlier, was lost when the Khalsa evacuated Anandpur in December 1705 due to aggression from hostile forces.

[2] The literature produced by the Anandpur Kavi Darbar was lost in the ensuing action of the Sikhs crossing the Sirsa Rivulet, splitting up from each other in confusion, and being attacked by Mughal forces, including at Chamkaur Sahib.

[7] According to Piara Singh Padam, it was attended by Behari, Lal Das Khiali, Adha, Jado Rai, Fat Mal, Keso, and Bhagtu.