Joti Jot of Guru Ram Das · Joti Jot Divas Guru Ram Das

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Guru Ram Das, who had founded the town later called Amritsar and built the pool at its centre, retired to Goindval, where he died on September 1, 1581 (2 Assu of the Bikrami year 1638). Before his death he named his youngest son, Arjan, as his successor, over his eldest son, Prithi Chand, who then set up a rival faction. The SGPC keeps the day on Bhadon sudi 3, the day after Guru Arjan's Gurgaddi.