On Friday, December 7, 2012, the White House held a ceremony to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism born in 1469. (source: Gautam Raghavan)
As mentioned yesterday, the White House invited Sikhs from across the country to Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 543rd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak today, as it had in 2009 and 2010. Read more here.
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