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Amar Das (Guru)

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Third Sikh Guru, Amar Das was given title on March 29, 1552.

The Third Sikh Guru

The third Sikh Guru, Amar Das, born a Hindu in 1479 in Basarke, a village near Amritsar in Punjab, had been a fervent Vaisnava all his life. He had undertaken, and led, yearly pilgrimages to Haridwar – history speaks of at least 20 yearly treks made by him – that have great importance to devout Hindus. [5, 8]

Two incidents are said to be responsible for his transformation to a Sikh. First a Hindu holy man chided him for not having a living spiritual master. The other, more important, was a chance meeting: Guru Angad had succeeded Nanak as the second Sikh Guru. His daughter, Bibi Amro, was married to a nephew of Amar Das. In 1540, Amar Das heard her singing a hymn of Guru Nanak. When he asked her about it, she escorted Amar Das to a conclave of Sikhs and the presence of Guru Angad, her father. Amar Das was so enthralled that he stayed 12 years in service of Guru Angad and never again went on any...

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  1. New York University, New York, NY, USA

    I. J. Singh

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  1. Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair

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Singh, I.J. (2017). Amar Das (Guru). In: Mandair, AP.S. (eds) Sikhism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0846-1_595

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