Person · third Sikh Guru
Guru Amar Das
Also known as Amar Das, Guru Amar Dasji
Guru Amar Das Ji (5 May 1479 - 1 September 1574), the third Sikh Guru from 1552 to 1574. Born at Basarke Gillan village in Amritsar district, Punjab, he met Guru Angad at age 61 and became his disciple. On his appointment as Guru in 1552, he moved the Sikh seat from Khadur Sahib to Goindwal where he built the 84-step baoli (1552-1559) and declared it the first designated Sikh pilgrimage centre. He institutionalised the manji system (22 Sikh preaching districts), the piri system of woman preachers, and the trading-caste integration of Sikhism. He formally condemned sati and purdah. He died at Goindwal on 1 September 1574 and appointed his son-in-law Guru Ram Das as the fourth Guru.
- Date
- 1479–1574
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Patron dynasty
- Sikh gurus
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- Based atGoindwāl Sāhib
Guru Amar Das moved the Sikh seat from Khadur Sahib to Goindwal Sahib on his appointment as the third Guru in 1552, and built the 84-step baoli on the Beas (1552-1559) as the first designated Sikh pilgrimage centre. He institutionalised the 22-district manji preaching system, condemned sati and purdah, and died at Goindwal on 1 September 1574.
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