Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru, raised the Akāl Takht in 1606 facing the Harimandir Sāhib, after the execution of his father, Guru Arjan. He wore two swords, of spiritual and of worldly authority, mīrī and pīrī. The Takht remains the place from which edicts are issued to the Sikh community.
Akāl Takht
The “Throne of the Timeless”, at Amritsar: the seat of Sikh temporal and communal authority.
Also: Akal Takht