Guru 8 of 10

Guru Har Krishan Ji

Guru Har Krishan Ji became Guru at five. In Delhi he served people during a smallpox epidemic and contracted the disease himself.

ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਜੀ

Born
1656
Guruship
1661–1664
Joti Jot
1664 (aged 7, contracted smallpox while serving the sick)

Life

Guru Har Krishan Ji became Guru at five. In Delhi he served people during a smallpox epidemic and contracted the disease himself.

He is remembered for that seva, not for a long reign. Guruship then passed to Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji.

Contributions

  • Became Guru at age five.
  • During a Delhi smallpox epidemic, served the sick and gave water to plague victims; contracted the disease himself and joined the divine.

Key events

  1. 1656

    Birth.

  2. 1661

    Guruship at age five.

  3. 1664

    Joti Jot in Delhi during the epidemic; aged seven.

Dates

Parkash Purab 2026 is 7 August on the SGPC / SikhNet NS 558 calendar. Local diwan times are set by each gurdwara.

Confirm the listed day on the Nanakshahi calendar. This page does not invent a civil date that is not sourced there.

Guru Har Krishan Ji questions

›How old was Guru Har Krishan Ji when he became Guru?
Five. He joined the divine in 1664 at age seven after serving the sick in Delhi.