Guru Hargobind Gurpurab · Prakash Purab Guru Hargobind

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

The birth anniversary of Guru Hargobind, the sixth Sikh Guru, who took up the two swords of temporal and spiritual authority and built the Akal Takht. The SGPC keeps it on Harh vadi 1 by its lunar reckoning. The original Nanakshahi calendar of 2003 fixed it on July 5 (21 Harh).