Guru Har Krishan Gurpurab · Prakash Purab Guru Har Krishan

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

The birth anniversary of Guru Har Krishan, the eighth Sikh Guru, who became Guru at the age of five and died in Delhi in 1664, aged seven. The SGPC keeps it on Sawan vadi 10 by its lunar reckoning. The original Nanakshahi calendar of 2003 fixed it on July 23 (8 Sawan).