Miri Piri Divas

Culture of origin: Sikh · Cultural

Holiday sources: Sikhism

Miri Piri Divas remembers Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru, taking up two swords when he became Guru, one for temporal authority (miri) and one for spiritual authority (piri), in 1606, after his father Guru Arjan's execution; he also built the Akal Takht, the seat of temporal authority. The SGPC keeps the day on Harh sudi 10 by its lunar reckoning; the original Nanakshahi calendar of 2003 fixed it on July 21 (6 Sawan).