Gurgaddi of Guru Amar Das · Gurgaddi Divas Guru Amar Das

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Shortly before his death in March 1552, Guru Angad named his disciple Amar Das his successor and had Bhai Buddha mark his forehead with the tilak. Amar Das was 73 by the most commonly accepted birth year, 1479, though many sources give 1509. Because Guru Angad's sons did not accept the succession, he settled at Goindval, not far from Khadur, where he was based until his death in 1574. The SGPC keeps the day on Chet sudi 1, three days before Guru Angad's Joti Jot.