Happy Guru Nanak Jayanti !!!...

Happy Guru Nanak Jayanti !!!...

Today is Guru Nanak Jayanthi. I extend to you all, my heartfelt wishes for the same. Guru Nanak Jayanti is the birthday of the first Sikh Guru, ‘Guru Nanak Dev ji’, and one of the most sacred festivals in India. The 10 Sikh Gurus were responsible for shaping the beliefs of the Sikhs. Their birthdays, known as Gurupurabs, are occasions for celebration and prayer among the Sikhs. The Gurupurab is celebrated every year with great pomp and show across the globe.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji (the First Guru, the founder of Sikhism) was born on 14 April 1469.The birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib falls on Kartik Poornima, i.e., the day of the full moon in the month of Kartik. The celebration is generally similar for all Gurpurabs; only the hymns are different. In India especially in Punjab, people comes from different states to celebrate Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Birthday with religious fervour at Golden temple in Amritsar. All the Gurudwaras will be light up decoratively and people will come to worship waheguru on the auspicious occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa….Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh….

-K Himaanshu Meehirs' Shukla

 

India celebrates Guru Nanak Jayanti or “Gurpurab” on 

Tuesday

, 

8 November 

, the most sacred festival observed by Sikhs worldwide. Gurpurab marks the anniversary of the birth of “Guru Nanak,” the founder of Sikhism and the first of the 10 Sikh Gurus. The festival is celebrated on a different day each year. It falls on a full moon day, or “Kartik Poornima,” in accordance with the Hindu lunar calendar.

Celebrations begin a day before the anniversary, with devotees singing hymns and prayers in praise of the guru and organizing processions holding the “Nishan Sahib,” or the Sikh flag. During the processions, men perform “Gatka,” a Sikh martial art. Sikh temples, or “Gurudwaras,” also organize “langars,” or free community meals to people from all faiths and walks of life.

Government offices, schools, colleges and stock markets remain closed in India on this day. Take a look at some photos of festivities from previous years.