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Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was born on Puranmashi of Kattak in 1469, according to the Vikram Samvat calendar [12] in Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi in the present Shekhupura District of Pakistan, now Nankana Sahib. [13] It is a Gazetted holiday in India. [14] The Guru Nanak was born on the Full Moon (Pooranmashi) of the Indian Lunar Month Kartik ...
Although, Kartika Purnima is nowadays celebrated as Gurupurab or Prakash Parva of Guru Nanak, the first Guru of the Sikhs, however this is controversial and historically invalid as per some Sikh scholars. [17] Sikh contemporary sources rather mention Vaisakh (Mid April) as birth month of Guru Nanak.
The painting shows the Muslim midwife Daultan, Mehta Kalu (Guru Nanak's father) holding baby Nanak, and lastly Pandit Hardayal. The birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, comes in the month of November, but the date varies from year to year according to the lunar Indian calendar. The birthday celebrations last three days.
Guru Nanak's Birthday: Floating Sikh festival that celebrates the birth of the first Sikh guru, (1469). [12] March – April: Eid-ul-Fitr: Floating Muslim festival that celebrates of the day of breaking the fast. It is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar. [13] June: Eid-ul-Adha: Floating
Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, Pakistan A fireworks show celebrating the Birth of Guru Nanak in India. Akal Takht illuminated on Guru Nanak Jayanti, in Harmandir Sahib complex, Amritsar. Gurdwara Sri Ber Sahib in Punjab, India. Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur: November 24: On this day Guru Tegh Bahadur was martyred when he refused to convert to Islam.
This coincides with the nirvana of the Jain Tirthankara Mahavira, the birth of the Sikh Guru Nanak, Guru Nanak Jayanti, and the well-known Ayyappan garland festival for the god of Sabarimala, which is also known as Tripuri Purnima.
It begins with the year of birth of Guru Nanak Dev, but the first date, 1 Chet, is when Guru Har Rai was installed the seventh Guru. [45] However, the first date of the Nanakshahi calendar (1 Chet) is based upon the Barah Maha of the Guru Granth Sahib, which has Chet as the first month. [46]
Bhai Bala is said to have obtained Nanak's horoscope from Nanak's uncle Lalu, according to which, Nanak was born on a date corresponding to 20 October 1469 CE. However, this janamsakhi was written by Handalis—a sect of Sikhs who followed a Sikh-convert known as Handal—attempting to depict the founder as superior to Nanak. [ 23 ]