A giani ji recently said in a katha that it was the custom in those days to anoint the next king. Thus the Gurus adopted this method of choosing on the next successor.
The amazing thing anout this is that kings often passed away with people having to decide and pick up the nect successor. However all our Guru jis were pure as they picked and anointed their successors themselves. They knew and could tell when they were going to go to sach khand.
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