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Guru Nanak, the destroyer

November 25, 2019 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

I came to appreciate the significance of this year quite late and quite suddenly. Admittedly, among the daily comings and going of life, I wasn’t paying attention. And so, when the last days of October turned to the advent of November, I found myself unprepared in my unmindful state. This year, by culturally established timekeeping, is the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first Guru of the Sikhs. Traditionally celebrated in November, tributes to Guru Nanak on this anniversary began appearing on my social […]

Categories: Art, Reflections • Tags: Arpana Caur, gurpurab, Guru Nanak, Jaswant Zafar

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Celebrating Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs

January 17, 2014 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Last week, the Sikh community around the world celebrated the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru (and last in human form) who was born on January 5, 1666. The specific date of the anniversary has been clouded with (almost ridiculous) confusion as various elements within the community debate the use of various Sikh calendar constructs. According to the Nanakshahi calendar, the anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh’s birth was on January 5. The actual date on which we […]

Categories: Sikhism • Tags: gurpurab, Guru Gobind Singh, Professor Puran Singh

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On Friday, December 7, 2012, the White House held a ceremony to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. (source: Gautam Raghavan)

Picture of the Day: The White House celebrates the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak

December 7, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

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.

Categories: Events, Politics • Tags: gurpurab, Guru Nanak, White House

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Painting of Guru Nanak with his parents, c. 1733

Celebrating the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak

November 28, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Recently, I have been reading an early account of Britain’s annexation of the Sikh empire during the 19th century called The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars: The Rise, Conquest, and Annexation of the Punjab State. Published in 1897, British authors Sir Charles Gough and Arthur D. Innes document the history of the Sikh faith, and describe Guru Nanak, the first Guru and founder of the Sikh faith, as thus (pages 16-17): A seeker after truth from his earliest years, he […]

Categories: Events, Sikhism • Tags: "The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars: The Rise Conquest and Annexation of the Punjab State", Arthur D. Innes, gurpurab, Guru Nanak, Sir Charles Gough

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Happy Sikh Environment Day 2012!

March 14, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Today is the anniversary of Guru Har Rai becoming the seventh Guru of the Sikhs (this type of anniversary is called a Gurpurab)  in 1644.  Among the aspects of his legacy that Sikhs remember today was this Guru’s love for the natural world. In his honor, the organization EcoSikh launched Sikh Environment Day at this time last year, a movement to promote environmental consciousness and action in its preservation. Eco Sikh has continued this campaign in 2012 and by all […]

Categories: Events • Tags: EcoSikh, gurpurab, Guru Har Rai, Sikh Environment Day

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Gurpurab at the White House, cont’d

November 29, 2010 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

United Sikhs provides more information about the celebration at the White House 10 days ago commemorating the anniversary of Guru Nanak’s birth.

Categories: News Bits • Tags: gurpurab, Guru Nanak, United Sikhs, White House

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