Joti Jot of Guru Har Rai and Gurgaddi of Guru Har Krishan · Joti Jot Guru Har Rai, Gurgaddi Guru Har Krishan

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Guru Har Rai died at Kiratpur on October 6, 1661, aged 31, and his younger son, Har Krishan, about five years old, became the eighth Guru. Har Rai had passed over his elder son, Ram Rai: sent to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Ram Rai had changed the meaning of a line of the Granth to please the emperor, and Har Rai disowned him for altering Guru Nanak's words; Ram Rai withdrew to Dehra Dun. The SGPC keeps both anniversaries on the same day, Kattak vadi 9.