Ram Das, the fourth Guru, founds the town first called Ramdaspur and later Amritsar, around the pool of nectar that gives the city its name; the town becomes the Sikh community's center, and the masand system carries its teaching and offerings across the region.
Tagged: Sahajdhari Sikh
The Event
- Date
- 1574 (exact)
- Era
- The Guru Period; Standard periodization of Sikh history
- Location
- Amritsar; today Punjab, India
- Traditions
- Sikhism
- Streams
- Sahajdhari
- Key figures
- Guru Ram Das
Primary Sources
- Janamsakhis
Secondary Sources
- Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (Cambridge, 1990)
- McLeod, Sikhism (Penguin, 1997)
Provenance: HIST-0505; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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