Guru Amar Das Ji is the third Guru of Sikhs. Guru Ji was born into the family of Bhalle lineage of the Kshatriya clan in Barsake, near Amritsar. Guru Amar Das Ji was born a few months before Guru Nanak Dev Ji in the same year of 1469 AD. They became the 3rd Guru at the age of 82 years 11 months 10 days, after serving Guru Angad Dev Ji for 12 years. Guru Ji formalized the practice of Langar (free communal food), uplifted the status of women in the society by getting Sikh women involved in preaching the Sikh Dharam, and banning the practice of Sati (widow throwing herself into her husband’s pyre) and wearing a Purdha (veil).