The
550th birthday of the founder of Indian Sikhism religion, Guru Nanak, was
Tuesday celebrated by Indian Sikhs in The Gambia, organised by Mr. and Mrs.
Budhwani, at Pipeline, Yellow gate.
Guru
Nanak was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. He was
born in 1469 in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, he was the first Guru and founder of Sikhism; the fifth
largest religion in the world.
While
born into a Hindu family of a high caste, Guru Nanak had a revelatory
experience at a young age, denounced his faith and caste, and realised that
“there is one God and one human race.
His
birth is celebrated worldwide as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Kartik Pooranmashi, the
full moon day in the month of October-November.
Divya
Tulsyani, the ambassador of Pinkathon, women’s health and fitness empowerment
in India said Guru Nanak is widely respected in India subcontinent as a man of
peace and “I suspect that most schoolchildren in India have at least a passing
sense of who he was.”
She
said Guru Nanak was a man who spent his entire life emphasising equality and
tolerance, attributes that are rightly celebrated today.
