Gurgaddi of Guru Gobind Singh · Gurgaddi Divas Guru Gobind Singh

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

After Guru Tegh Bahadur was publicly beheaded in Delhi on November 11, 1675, on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, his son Gobind Rai, aged nine, became leader of the Sikhs; he was formally installed as Guru on the Baisakhi day of 1676 (March 29). He was based at Anandpur until 1704, and before his death at Nanded in 1708 he passed the Guruship to the scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. The SGPC keeps the day on Maghar sudi 3, two days before the anniversary of his father's martyrdom.