In the said Panth there is a custom that Mahant cannot marry and he is entitled to initiate a ‘Chela’. After the death of Mahant, his eldest chela succeeded to all rights and interests in the properties of his Guru.
It is also a custom in the Panth that on the tenth day of the death of Guru there is a ceremony called Dassehra. Akhand Path of Guru Granth Saheb is performed and Bhog is offered and eldest chela of the deceased Guru is acknowledged as the heir of the deceased, whereafter he is known as ‘Mahant’.