![]() ![]() ![]() The months of September and October saw Sikhs all over the world celebrate these two Diharas. The tenth Guru paid obeisance, installed Bhai Mani Singh as the Granthee, and declared that from then on, the Guru of the Sikhs would be in the form of the Shabad within the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The Gurgadee Dihara refers to the incident of Guru Gobind Singh re-compiling, at Sabo Ki Talwandee, the Pothee Sahib (by adding the Banee of Guru Teg Bahadur) and installing it at Nader Sahib. Guru Arjun Dev paid obeisance ( matha tekna) and the Pothee became a permanent feature of Sikh diwans from then on. ![]() Baba Budha Ji was installed the first Granthee (minister of the Granth). The Parkash Dihara (literally installation day) refers to the incident when the Pothee Sahib (as the Granth Sahib was called then) was completed by Guru Arjun Dev Ji at Ramsar and installed for the first time at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Sikhs celebrate two purabs relating to the Guru Granth Sahib – Pehla Parkash Dihara and Gurgadee Dihara. The Gurpurab of the highest significance relates to our present Guru – Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Gurpurab is the term Sikhs use to celebrate events relating to our Guru. By Karminder Singh Dhillon, Ph.D (Boston) Kuala Lumpur. ![]()
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