Guru Gobind Singh's birthplace at Patna developed into Takht Sri Patna Sahib, one of the five Takhts, seats of temporal authority within Sikh religious and institutional life, alongside sites at Amritsar, Anandpur Sahib, Damdama Sahib and Nanded, the last associated with his own eventual death. This designation reflects the importance Sikh tradition places on the specific locations connected to the lives of the Gurus, treating them as sites of ongoing religious and community significance rather than only historical curiosity.
Guru Gobind Singh's birthday, Gurpurab, is celebrated by Sikh communities worldwide, typically in the winter months according to the lunar calendar traditionally used, with celebrations including scripture readings, processions and communal meals characteristic of major Sikh religious observances.
His life, from his birth at Patna through his installation as Guru, his literary and scriptural contributions, his military leadership against Mughal forces, and his founding of the Khalsa, is treated within Sikh tradition as a single continuous narrative of increasing responsibility and consequence, making his birth the opening chapter of a life Sikh history regards as decisive for the faith's subsequent institutional and religious identity.