Guru Gaddi

History

The Gurgadi being passed from one Sikh guru to the next was a ceremony that bestowed the guruship upon the new guru.

Celebration

Guru-ta-Gaddi is an important Sikh religious event held every 3 November. The event honors when the tenth and last Sikh Guru said that 'the next Guru would be the Holy Sikh Book' Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh, declared that Guru Granth Sahib from that moment would be the only Guru or the Guiding Force. The message was delivered on 3 November 1708 by Guru Gobind Singh at Nanded, presently 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. The tercentenary celebrations of the occasion are being referred at Guru-da-gaddi and are being celebrated on 3 November 2008 in Nanded in Maharashtra. The occasion comes after celebrations of 300 Years of Khalsa panth established by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699.

Gallery

File:'Baba Nanak and Nirankara (formless reality, Waheguru, or the Supreme God)', Janamsakhi painting from a Kashmiri manuscript.jpg|Baba Nanak in the court of God and receiving instructions on his divine mission and the Guruship, early 19th century Janamsakhi painting from Kashmir File:Gurdwara Baba Atal fresco 47.jpg|Gurgadi ceremony of Guru Angad File:Fresco of the Gurgaddi ceremony of Bhai Lehna, who would become Guru Angad, from Gurdwara Baba Atal, Amritsar.jpg|Another depiction of the Gurgadi ceremony of Guru Angad File:Gilded panel from the doors offered to the Golden Temple by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. This shows the gurgaddi (guruship) ceremony of Guru Amar Das being performed by Baba Budha, under the command of Guru Angad.jpg|Gurgadi ceremony of Guru Amar Das File:22 Missionaries established by Guru Amardas.jpg|Gurgadi ceremony of Guru Ram Das File:Fresco of Baba Buddha crowning the fifth guru.jpg|Gurgadi ceremony of Guru Arjan File:Gurgadi ceremony of Guru Gobind Singh.jpg|Gurgadi ceremony of Guru Gobind Singh

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