Guru Nanak JAYANTHI DAY TODAY:- Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrates the significance of the birth of first Sikh Guru – Guru Nanak. This festival falls on the full moon day in the month of Kartik according to the Hindu calendar. This festival is one of the most religious and spiritual one which is celebrated by people believing in Sikhism. There are many other people who follow the philosophy of Guru Nanak and also be a part of this festival. Guru Nanak Jayanti is also regarded as Guru Nanak’s Prakash Utsav and Guru Nanak Gurpurab. From Wikipedia:- Guru Nanak Guru Nanak with Bhai Bala, Bhai Mardana and Sikh Gurus Guru Nanak with Bhai Bala and Bhai Mardana and Sikh Gurus Born Nanak 15 April 1469 Rāi Bhoi Kī Talvaṇḍī, (Present day Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan) Died 22 September 1539 (aged 70) Kartarpur, Mughal Empire Resting place Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartar Pur, Kartarpur, Punjab, India Years active 1499–1539 Successor Guru Angad Guru Nanak About this sound pronunciation (help·info)[1] (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; Hindi: गुरु नानक, Urdu: گرونانک, [ˈɡʊɾu ˈnɑnək] Gurū Nānak) (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated world-wide on Kartik Puranmashi, the full-moon day which falls on different dates each year in the month of Katak, October–November. Guru Nanak traveled far and wide teaching people the message of one God who dwells in every one of Gods creations and constitutes the eternal Truth. He set up a unique spiritual, social, and political platform based on equality, fraternal love, goodness, and virtue. It is part of Sikh religious belief that the spirit of Guru Nanaks sanctity, divinity and religious authority descended upon each of the nine subsequent Gurus when the Guruship was devolved on to them.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 02:42:47 +0000
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