Gurgaddi of Guru Arjan · Gurgaddi Divas Guru Arjan Dev

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Guru Ram Das named his youngest son, Arjan, as his successor over his eldest son, Prithi Chand, and died at Goindval on September 1, 1581; Arjan became Guru at eighteen. Prithi Chand vowed to remove him and make himself Guru, and his faction became a rival line with its own account of the succession. As Guru, Arjan compiled the Adi Granth, completed in 1604. The SGPC keeps the day on Bhadon sudi 2, the day before Guru Ram Das's Joti Jot.