India celebrates Gurpurab |
India celebrates Gurpurab with great fanfare.Gurpurab or Guru Nanak Jayanti is the most important and sacred festival of the Sikh community and is observed by them across the world. It is also known as the also known as Guru Nanak’s Prakash Utsav, that also connotes to the Sikh guru’s birth anniversary. The festival is celebrated every year on a full moon day in the month of Kartik, according to the Hindu lunar calendar – Kartik Purnima, falling mostly during October-November. Guru Nanak, who is the first among the 10 Sikh gurus, was born in Talwandi, a village in the Sheikhupura district, near Lahore, Pakistan, on April 15, 1469. However, his birthday is celebrated during the month of Kartik in autumn. This year, it falls on November 14.
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