Guru Gaddi

Establisher of Guru Gaddi Guru Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Born	Gobind Rai or Gobind Das December 22, 1666 Patna, Bihar, India
Died	October 7, 1708 (aged 42) Nanded, Maharashtra, India
Known for	10th Sikh Guru, Founder Khalsa Panth
Title	Guru Sahib of Sikhs
Predecessor	His Father, Guru Tegh Bahadur
Successor	Guru Granth Sahib

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.

This event is commemorated with a festival/ritual that starts with Diwali in India - a Hindu Sikh festival.^[1] 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.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]} The occasion comes after celebrations of 300 Years of Khalsa panth established by Guru Gobind Singh ji in 1699.

National News Agency

1. "Preparations for tricentenary of Guru-Da-Gaddi in full swing". News.webindia123.com. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
2. Archived March 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
4. "indiareport.com". Indopia.in. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
5. "www.ddinews.com". www.ddinews.com. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
6. "Mah Congress gets into election mode with Sonia visit | news.outlookindia.com". Outlookindia.com. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
7. "Honor the 300th Anniversary of Guru Gaddi". SikhNet. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2013-06-22.

External links

• http://www.sikhdharma.org/content-ten-sikh-gurus-siri-guru-granth-sahib