Gurpurab Greetings

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Today is the 536th birthday of Guru Nanak Dev ji, the founder of the Sikh religion.

Sikh pilgrims celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan.

Here is an article about the life and contributions of Guru Nanak.

Here is a description of how the event is usually celebrated.

Here is a very nice slideshow of images from the celebrations in India.

14 thoughts on “Gurpurab Greetings”

  1. Happy Gurpurab to all my Sikh brothers and sisters and all the readers of sepiamutiny.

    Thanks for sharing this link Ennis – the first link about the life and contributions of Guru Nanak is a wonderful and very informative article – I urge everyone to read it.

    As a non Sikh I have always had great reverence for Guru Nanak Dev Ji and I have always held the Sikh principles in awe – they are a beautiful call for humility and love and tolerance.

  3. Happy Gurpurab Ennis & Mutineers. I hope your celebrations and observations go wonderfully. Thank you for the informative links!

  6. Happy Gurpurab to all the Sikh Mutineers and to everyone who is a well-wisher of the ideals of Sikhism.

    Ennis — well done for posting those informative links.

  11. I thought I should mention in case anyone’s in the NYC area and wants to come out for support, that the New York City Council hearing next Thursday, November 17th, is specifically on the religious garb bill the Coalition drafted. The bill proposes an amendment to Section 12-140 of the NYC administrative code. The proposed amendment is as follows:

    § 12-140. It shall be unlawful for any agency of the city of New York, which by its own rules and regulations mandates that its employees wear specialized attire or uniforms, to impose upon a person as a condition of obtaining or retaining employment any terms or conditions, compliance with which would require such person to violate, or forego a practice of, his or her creed or religion, including, but not limited to, adorning traditional religious headwear or maintaining customarily distinctive facial hair. An agency of the city of New York may decline to comply with provisions of this section only where such refusal is related to a safety reason only that is: (A) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (B) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.

    (I’ve copied and pasted the following from an email sent by Amardeep Singh of the Sikh Coalition.)

    To my knowledge, this government hearing is the first time ever, that a major city legislature in the West, has considered a bill drafted by the Sikh community to specifically address a Sikh community issue. The fact that we are having this hearing is a huge step forward in making this bill law. We worked now for 9 months since the bill was introduced to reach this moment. The good news is that the community here is really geared up to let the City Council know that we will stand up and be counted. Thus far, we’ve received commitment from the local gurdwara leadership that three buses of Sikhs will be arriving at City Hall for the hearing. It’s really as big a day as we’ve ever had. If you are in New York City, please try to attend the hearing! We need to pack City Hall with Sikhs. We will never have a chance to make a first impression like this with the City leadership again. They need to know the Sikh community will stand up for its rights by attending public hearings on their issues. If we can get this bill passed in New York City, we can press other cities and states to adopt similar bills. Whole classes of discrimination cases against Sikhs could be wiped out.

    If you’re in the area and can come out, here are the details:

    City Council Hearing on the Sikh Religious Garb Bill 1:00 p.m. Thursday, November 17, 250 Broadway, 14th Floor Press Conference Before Hearing, 12:30 p.m., steps of City Hall

  14. The purpose of this email is to request permission to use an image from your blog’s website. It will be used by teachers as a supplementary resource for display purposes only in the classroom as part of our Religious Education program for Kindergarten students (5 year-olds). The image will not be duplicated or altered by teachers or students. Source credit (website address) and acknowledgement of your permission will be printed in our teacher resources.

    Thank you for your consideration in this matter and I look forward to hearing from you. You can reach me directly at my email address listed.