Gurgaddi of Guru Har Rai · Gurgaddi Divas Guru Har Rai

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Guru Har Rai became Guru in 1644, aged fourteen, consecrated by his grandfather, Guru Hargobind, before Hargobind's death at Kiratpur. Hargobind had passed over Har Rai's elder brother, Dhir Mal, to whom the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan had given land grants and whom he tried to have the Sikhs recognise as the rightful successor. Har Rai was Guru until his own death at Kiratpur in 1661. The SGPC keeps the day on Chet vadi 13; March 14, kept as the anniversary of his Gurgaddi, was chosen for Sikh Environment Day.