Gurgaddi of Guru Hargobind · Gurgaddi Divas Guru Hargobind

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

On May 25, 1606, five days before he was executed on the orders of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, Guru Arjan chose his son Hargobind as his successor. Hargobind was eleven by the commonly accepted birth year, 1595; Kesar Singh Chhibar and the Bhat Vahis give 1590. His succession ceremonies were held at Amritsar on June 24, 1606, on a seat he had had built in front of the Harmandir, and he wore two swords, one for his spiritual and one for his temporal authority. The SGPC keeps the day on Jeth vadi 8.