Guru-da-Gaddi is an important occasion of Sikh Religion. This is when the tenth Guru of the Sikh Religion had stated that the next Guru would be the Holy Sikh Book Guru Granth Sahib.
The Sikh religion has ten gurus. The tenth Guru, 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 Ji 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 Hindusikh 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.
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