Baba Gurditta

Baba Gurditta Ji
(ਬਾਬਾ) ਗੁਰਦਿੱਤਾ
Painting depicting Gurditta
Head of Usadi Sect
Preceded by	Sri Chand
Personal
Born	Gurditta Sodhi 5 November 1613 Daroli Bhai, Firozpur, Punjab, India
Died	15 March 1638 (24-years-old) Outside Kiratpur, Punjab, India
Cause of death	Seclusion
Religion	Sikhism
Spouse	Ananti (alias: Natti), also known as Nihalo and Mata Bassi, later given the name of Nihal Kaur
Children	Guru Har Rai Dhir Mall (eldest)
Parents	Guru Hargobind (father) Mata Damodari (mother)

Baba Gurditta (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦਿੱਤਾ) was the son of Guru Hargobind (sixth Sikh guru), and the father of Guru Har Rai (seventh Sikh guru) of Sikhism. There is a gurudwara in Kiratpur Sahib, Punjab which is in remembrance of Baba Gurditta.

He was appointed by Sri Chand to succeed him as the head of the Udasi sect that the latter established.

Baba Gurditta died around 1638, while his father was still alive. His brother Guru Tegh Bahadur would later become the ninth Sikh guru when Baba Gurdita's line of succession dried up. After the Battle of Kartarpur, he took rest under a Banyan tree which is still there in Kartarpur near Sukka Talab he tied his horses under the tree. The sacred Banyan tree has great significance for the Sikhs of Kartarpur. The site is maintained by the Toor clan.

Then Baba Gurditta followed the path 5 km north of Kartarpur and conducted the funeral of shaheed Nihangas and where now stands a gurudwara called Killi Sahib.

See also

• Gurudwara Baba Gurditta

External links

• www.babagurdittaji.com Archived 28 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine