Title Guru Sahib of Sikhs Name Guru Gaddi | Successor Guru Granth Sahib Place of death Nanded | |
Full Name Gobind Rai or Gobind Das Born December 22, 1666 Patna, Bihar, India Died October 7, 1708(1708-10-07) (aged 42)
Nanded, Maharashtra, India Known for 10th Sikh Guru, Founder Khalsa Panth Predecessor His Father, Guru Tegh Bahadur | ||
Siri guru granth sahib guru gaddi celebration
Guru-da-Gaddi is an important Sikh religious event held every November 3. The event honors when the tenth and last Sikh Gurus when they said 'the next Guru would be the Holy Sikh Book' Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh, declared that Guru Granth Sahib would from that moment on be the Guru or the Guiding Force. The message was delivered on 3 November 1708 by Guru Gobind Singh at Nanded in the state of Maharashtra in India. Guru Gobind Singh Ji established Khalsa and conferred the status of the Guru to the Guru Granth Sahib and elevated it as the everlasting Guru.
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- Siri guru granth sahib guru gaddi celebration
- Bhai Pinderpal Singh Guru Gaddi Dhann Guru Granth Sahib ji
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This event is commemorated with a festival/ritual that starts with Diwali in India - a Hindu Sikh festival. The tercentenary celebrations of the occasion are being referred at Guru-da-gaddi and are being celebrated on 3 November 2008 in Nanded in Maharshtra. The occasion comes after celebrations of 300 Years of Khalsa panth established by Guru Gobind Singh ji in 1699.