Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurupurab 2020: Know How Sikhs Will Mark Guru Nanak Dev Ji Jayanti

Guru Nanak Gurpurab, also known as Guru Nanak Jayanti, is a prominent festival for people who follow Sikhism. Also known as Guru Nanak ji’s Prakash Utsav, it is celebrated to commemorate the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The festival is important for the Sikh community and is celebrated with a lot of reverence & devotion. It is celebrated on the day of Kartik Poornima, which is the fifteenth lunar day in the month of Kartik as per the Hindu calendar. It usually falls in the months of October & November as per the Gregorian calendar. This year will mark the 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji & and will be observed on Monday, November 30.

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