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Official name: Guru Nanak Gurpurab: Also called: Parkash Purab Guru Nanak: Observed by: Sikhs, Nanakpanthi and many non-Sikhs: Type: Religious, cultural, international: Significance: Commemoration of the nativity of Nanak: Celebrations: gift-giving, gurdwara services: Observances: Festival: Date: Katak Puranmashi 1469: 2023 date: 27 November [1 ...
Depiction of Guru Nanak's birth from a Janamsakhi painting. 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 ...
According to eyewitness Sikh chronicles, known as Bhatt Vahis, Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [25] Gurbilas Patashahi 6 written 1718 [26] attributed to Bhai Mani Singh says Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [20] Meham Parkash written in 1776 also says Guru Nanak was born on the full moon of Katak. [20]
The sangat commemorated the footsteps of Guru Nanak. [2] Guru Tegh Bahadur stayed in Dhaka between 1666 and 1668 after visiting Assam. During this time, Bulaki Das was the masand (Sikh minister) of Dhaka. He established the Gurdwara Sangat Tola (14 Sreesh Das Lane) in Bangla Bazar. [4] His wooden sandals are preserved at the Gurdwara Nanak ...
This historic site is of great importance to Sikhism, as it is said to be the place where the First Guru of Sikhs, Guru Nanak, spent 14 years of his life.The place derives its name from a Ber tree (Ziziphus jujuba) said to have been planted by Guru Nanak himself, under which he first uttered the Mul Mantar or the "Sacred Word or Revelation" of Sikhism.
Guru Nanak Jhira Sahib, a Sikh historical shrine situated in Bidar, Karnataka, 1948; Guru Nanak Stadium, a football stadium in Ludhiana, India; Guru Nanak Gurpurab, also known as Guru Nanak's Prakash Utsav and Guru Nanak Jayanti, which celebrates the birth of the first Sikh Guru; Baba Guru Nanak University, an planned university in Nankana ...
Under a shady cool tree, Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana started reciting Kirtan and their devotees gathered around. This annoyed a local saint, Shah Wali Qandhari. According to Sikh legend, Bhai Mardana was sent three times to Shah Wali Qandhari by Guru Nanak so that he would provide him with some water to quench his thirst.
The presence of this religion goes back to the visitation of Guru Nanak in 1506–07 with some of his followers to spread Sikhism in the region of the present-day Bangladesh. When some Bengali people accepted this faith, a Sikh community was born. [ 28 ]