Parkash Purab Guru Amar Das Ji

Guru Amar Dass was born on the 5th May 1479 A.D., at village Basarke in Amritsar district. His father’s name was Sri Tej Bhan and his mother’s Lakshmi, His father did some fanning and trade. He was the eldest in a family of four brothers. He was married to Ram Kaur, daughter of Devi Chand Khatri in 1503 A.D. Gurudev had two sons, Baba Mohan and Baba Mohri, and two daughters, Bibi Bhani and Bibi Dani.Amar Das’s parents had a religious bent of mind and spent a lot of time in religious and charitable activities. In this pious environment, the child developed a remarkable interest in holy activities. Encouraged by the kins he visited saints on the outskirts of the village and served them with pleasure. In due ‘course, Amardas became familiar with the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Puranic literature, and features of the Hindu religion. He grew up to be a young man of religious temperament. He used to be a true devotee of Mata Vaishno Devi and had been going to the annual pilgrimage of mountains for decades. During one such pilgrimage in 1541 CE, an incident turned his entire purpose into the quest for a true Guru instead, and then he met Guru Angad Dev Ji.