Sikhs Celebrate Birthday Of Guru Gobind Singh

The three-day festivities of the 349th Prakash Utsav, the birthday celebrations of the tenth and last Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh, founder of the Khalsa Panth, concluded on Sunday with thousands of Sikh devotees and those following other faiths celebrating it with religious fervour, gaiety and devotion by offering prayers at Gurdwaras.

The major attraction of the concluding event was organised under the aegis of the Prabhandak Committee, at the Central Gurudwara Saheb Gowliguda, near Koti, where over 25,000 Sikh devotees and other community faith participated in the "Vishaal Deewan" (mass congregation) by offering prayers to Guru Granth Sahibji (the Holy Scripture of the Sikhs).

The congregation began at 11 am and continued up to the afternoon, and was marked by the recitations of Gurubani keertans and kathas (holy hymns) by the renown and reputed Ragi Jathas (Sikh preachers).

Sant Baba Baljit Singhji Khalsa of Daduwalwale, Bhai Jeevan Singh (Ludhiana, Punjab), Bhai Hari Singh, Bhai Jagbeer Singh (Karimnagar) and other reputed Ragi Jathas who were specially invited from various parts of the country for the important occasion recited the Gurbani Keertans and delivered the Gurbani Vichar that stressed on imbibing the higher values of life and communal harmony for which Guru Gobind Singh strived.

They also threw light on the teachings of the Sikh Gurus who stood for national integration, peace, brotherhood and communal harmony.

They asked the devotees to follow the teachings of Guru Gobind Singh which they said were even more relevant these days.

Upon the culmination of the congregation, the traditional Guru Ka Langar (food from the free community kitchen) was served to all the devotees. The devotees all sat in the same row with great discipline promoting the feelings of togetherness, fraternity and concern for fellow human beings. (INN)