Guru Nanak Jayanti 2018 Live Streaming From Golden Temple: Listen to Parkash Utsav Shabad Kirtan Live From Darbar Sahib in Amritsar on Gurpurab

The nation is celebrating the Guru Nanak Jayanti today. This year commemorates the 549th birth anniversary of the first guru of Sikhs. The day is also known as Gurupurab and Guru Nanak’s Prakash Utsav. Sikhs, Sidhis and Hindus living in Punjab celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm. The Holy guru was born in the year 1469 in Rai Bhoi Ki Talvandi, presently known as Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. He was born to Mehta Kalu and Mata Tripta. The holy saint spent his last years of life in Kartarpur.

Guru Nanak Jayanti is celebrated on the day of Kartik Purnima. The celebrations include decorating the Gurudwaras with flowers and lights. A day before the Guru Parv devotees take out a procession with a palanquin of the Granth and the Sikh flag. People also recite the hymns from the scriptures. Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was a noble saint who spread the message of ‘God is One’. The holy saint believed in unity, goodness and selfless love.

On the occasion of the Guru Nanak Jayanti, thousands of Sikh Pilgrims from India visit Nankana Sahib and various other Gurudwaras in Pakistan. The holy shrine of Golden Temple and other Gurudwaras in India are decorated with lights. Fireworks are also conducted on this day in the premises of the Golden Temple.

Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrations 2018 Live Streaming Video FromGolden Temple, Amritsar:

As a part of Guru Nanak Gurpurab celebrations, a forty-eight-hour non-stop reading of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs is conducted. It is called Akhand Path. On the day of the festival, 'Prabhat Pheris' or early morning processions at Gurudwaras will begin the celebrations. It will be followed by Asaa-Ki-Vaar (morning hymns), Katha (scriptures), Kirtans (hymns) and Langar, a special community lunch.

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