Sixth Guru, at Kartarpur, in district]ullundur of Punjab state, India. When Bhai Gurdas completed the Contents of the Holy Book, and was to start writing the Table of Contents then it was ‘Bhadon Vadi 1’, of 1661 Bikrami (August 2, 1604): Bhai Gurdas in the beginning of the Table of Contents recorded the date “Bhadon Vadi 1, 1661 Bikrami” (August 2, 1604). It appears that the date as given in Sooraj Parkash and Gur-Bilas of Sixth Guru, and the date given in the Original Volume of the Holy Book at Kartarpur, there is the difference of two weeks between the dates. To understand the difference in the two dates, we need to find the cause for this. The writing of Compositions of the Holy Book was completed on
“Bhadon Vadi 1” (August 2). After this Bhai Gurdas had to complete the Table of Contents. The w6rk could have been done only on completion of the work of copying various Compositions of the Book. In the Table of Contents, a part of the first sentence of each Composition (Shabad) has been given. He had to see the location of each Shabad from the Book, and then write it in the Table of Contents. As such this was quite a lengthy and time consuming work. There are 54 pages constituting the Table of Contents. On an average one could write 4-5 pages a day; the completion of this
work must have taken 10-11 days. It is considered that Sooraj Parkash and Gur-bilas gave the date “Bhadon Sudi 1” (August 16) instead of “Bhadon Vadi 1” (August 2), the date when the Holy Book was completed with its Table of Contents, and the Guru was thus in a position to install it in Sri Harimandir Sahib. The date of First Installation in Sri Harimandir Sahib was “Bhadon Sudi 1” (August 16), and therefore, this day is celebrated in Sri Harimandir Sahib every year with great zeal. So we arrive at the conclusion that Bhai Gurdas completed scribing the Holy Compositions in the
form of book on “Bhadon Vadi 1, 1661 Bikrami” (August 2, 1604) and then after completing the Table of Contents and other formalities, the Book was installed in Sri Harimandir Sahib on “Bhadon Sudi 1, 1661 Bikrami” (August 16, 1604).


Binding of the Holy Book

According to the story given in Gur-Bilas of Sixth Guru, when the Holy Book was completed, then one Sikh by the name Banno

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