Joti Jot of Guru Gobind Singh · Joti Jot Divas Guru Gobind Singh

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

At Nanded on the Godavari, a Pathan assassin stabbed Guru Gobind Singh below the heart as he rested after the Rahras prayer; the Encyclopaedia of Sikhism says Wazir Khan, the Mughal governor of Sirhind, sent him, Wikipedia names him Jamshed Khan, and some scholars doubt that Wazir Khan sent him. The wound was stitched and seemed to heal, but it reopened when the Guru drew a stiff bow, and he died on Kattak sudi 5 of the Bikrami year 1765, October 7, 1708. Before his death he passed the Guruship to the Guru Granth Sahib, ending the line of human Gurus. The SGPC keeps the day on Kattak sudi 5, three days after the Gurgaddi of the Granth.