Joti Jot of Guru Angad · Joti Jot Divas Guru Angad Dev

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Guru Angad died at Khadur on Chet sudi 4 of the Bikrami year 1609, March 29, 1552, having been based there as Guru since Guru Nanak's death in 1539. Shortly before, he named as his successor Amar Das, a disciple who had come to him in 1539 through his daughter, Bibi Amro, after hearing her sing a hymn of Guru Nanak's. The SGPC keeps the day on Chet sudi 4, three days after Guru Amar Das's Gurgaddi.