A ‘Sikh Jatha’ left New Delhi on Friday for Pakistan to partake within the darshan of Gurdwaras in celebration of the 554th Birthday of Baba Guru Nanak Dev, the founding father of Sikh faith. Roughly 3000 visas have been issued by the Pakistan Excessive Fee for Sikh pilgrims from India to attend the occasion scheduled from November 25 to December 04, 2023. This yr, Guru Nanak Jayanti falls on November 27, 2023 (Monday), and is widely known 15 days after Diwali.
#WATCH | A ‘Sikh Jatha’ leaves from Delhi for Pakistan for the darshan of Gurdwaras in Pakistan on the event of Parkash Gurpurab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev pic.twitter.com/uV8oTxrg9B
— ANI (@ANI) November 24, 2023
“Through the go to, the pilgrims, inter alia, would go to Dera Sahib, Panja Sahib, Nankana Sahib, and Kartarpur Sahib. Expressing his views on the event, Cost d’Affaires, Mr. Aizaz Khan, prolonged his heartfelt felicitations to the pilgrims and wished them a protected journey,” said the Pakistan Excessive Fee in India.
Through the go to, the pilgrims, inter alia, would go to Dera Sahib, Panja Sahib, Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur Sahib. Expressing his views on the event, Cost d’Affaires, Mr. Aizaz Khan, prolonged his heartfelt felicitations to the pilgrims and wished them a protected journey.
— Pakistan Excessive Fee India (@PakinIndia) November 23, 2023
The celebrations mark the 554th delivery anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, noticed on the complete moon day of Kartik month. Guru Nanak Dev was born in 1469 within the village of Talvandi within the Punjab area of present-day Pakistan, now often known as Nankana Sahib.
Guru Nanak Dev laid the inspiration of the Sikh faith, incomes him the title of the primary Guru. The Sikh neighborhood affectionately addresses Guru Nanak Dev by numerous names, together with Nanak, Baba Nanak, Nanak Dev, and Nanak Shah.
The event is widely known as ‘Prakash Parv,’ and on at the present time, Sikh communities go to gurdwaras, have interaction in seva (selfless service), and partake in langar (neighborhood kitchen) within the identify of Guru Nanak. Kirtan (devotional singing) is carried out in gurdwaras, and the day is widely known as Gurpurab.
“Ik Onkar,” a time period which means ‘God is one,’ was propagated by Guru Nanak Dev, signifying the core philosophy of Sikhism – the idea in a single common God.