tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21862424179770036582019-11-16T16:54:11.863-08:00Events and FestivalsThe Blog Starter http://www.blogger.com/profile/16421234714990591323noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186242417977003658.post-15207014173422775772019-11-08T23:37:00.000-08:002019-11-08T23:37:12.181-08:00Guru Nanak Jayanti 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><br /><br /><br /><header style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.2rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 3.5rem; margin: 0.67em 0px 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;"><span style="color: orange;">Guru Nanak's Birthday in 2019.</span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QqSqZJhbZbk/Xb0a6vzvoFI/AAAAAAAACEs/SMEdla4GXssHxdRNII43aKEC97CTo6QzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/images%2B%25282%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #4a4a4a; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="400" height="560" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QqSqZJhbZbk/Xb0a6vzvoFI/AAAAAAAACEs/SMEdla4GXssHxdRNII43aKEC97CTo6QzgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/images%2B%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></h1><div style="color: #4a4a4a;"><br /></div><div style="color: #4a4a4a;"><br /></div><address class="ampstart-byline clearfix mb4 px3 h5" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 0.875rem; letter-spacing: 0.06rem; line-height: 1.125rem; margin-bottom: 2rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; padding-right: 1.5rem;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of Sikhism, falls on full moon day of the month Kartik</div></address></header><br /><div overflow="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><amp-ad class="i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7865989409096340" data-ad-slot="8414808158" data-auto-format="rspv" data-full-width="" height="320" i-amphtml-layout="fixed" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; height: 320px; width: 100vw;" type="adsense" width="100vw"></amp-ad><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "oxygen" , "ubuntu" , "cantarell" , "fira sans" , "droid sans" , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><section style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">When is Guru Nanak's Birthday?</span></h2><table class="year-table px3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; padding-right: 1.5rem; width: 100%;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><th style="background-color: #2db2ea; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; padding: 0px 5px; text-align: left;">Year</th><th style="background-color: #2db2ea; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; padding: 0px 5px; text-align: left;">Dates</th></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">2021</td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;"><time class="ampstart-byline-pubdate block" datetime="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;">Nov 18</time></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">2020</td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;"><time class="ampstart-byline-pubdate block" datetime="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;">Nov 30</time></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">2019</td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;"><time class="ampstart-byline-pubdate block" datetime="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;">Nov 12</time></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;"><span style="color: blue;">Where is Guru Nanak's Birthday observed?</span></h2><table class="year-table px3" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; padding-right: 1.5rem; width: 100%;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><th style="background-color: #2db2ea; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; padding: 0px 5px; text-align: left;">Place</th><th style="background-color: #2db2ea; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; padding: 0px 5px; text-align: left;">Dates</th></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">India</td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;"><time class="ampstart-byline-pubdate block" datetime="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;">Nov 12</time></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;">Nepal</td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 5px;"><time class="ampstart-byline-pubdate block" datetime="" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block;">Nov 12</time></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; text-align: left;">When is Guru Nanak's Birthday?</h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib falls on Kartik Puranmashi, the full moon day of the month Kartik, which usually falls in November in the western calendar.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">This holiday commemorates Guru Nanak Sahib who was the founder of Sikhism and the first Sikh Guru. </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">In India, this day may also be called Guru Nanak Gurpurb, Guru Nanak's Prakash Utsav or Guru Nanak Dev Hi Jayanti. It is a gazetted holiday in many states and Indian stocks, bonds and currency markets are closed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A9cIihjmemg/Xb0bPZuiBAI/AAAAAAAACE0/4qHz41r9RhQlw6bQ8D_8UN4d-ksjyvoTACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/images%2B%25283%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="700" height="364" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A9cIihjmemg/Xb0bPZuiBAI/AAAAAAAACE0/4qHz41r9RhQlw6bQ8D_8UN4d-ksjyvoTACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/images%2B%25283%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;"><span style="color: yellow;">Who was Guru Nanak?</span></h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">Guru Nanak was born on April 15th 1469 at Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi in the present district of Shekhupura (Pakistan), now Nanakana Sahib.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">Nanak's religious ideas developed from both Hindu and Islamic thought, but are more than a simple synthesis. Nanak was an original spiritual thinker and he expressed his thoughts and ideas in poetry that forms the basis of Sikh scripture.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">Little is known about the life of Nanak, but it is accepted that Nanak was born approx. 40 miles from Lahore in modern-day Pakistan) in 1469.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">Sikh traditions teach that his birth and early years were marked with many events that demonstrated that God had marked him out for something special and was keeping an eye on him.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">This is one of the main sacred festivals in Sikh community and Sikhs celebrate Gurupurav all over India, and notably at the Shrine (Gurdwara) representing the home of Baba Kalu (Father) and Mata Tripta (Mother) called Gurdwara Janam Asthan, situated at Rai-Bhoi-di-Talwandi in the present district of Shekhupura (now Nanakana Sahib in Pakistan).</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">Sikhs from all over the world gather here and celebrate the Gurupurav every year with great devotion and enthusiasm.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q2IcMD0LZhc/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q2IcMD0LZhc?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div><br /></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">Pakistan</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; padding-left: 1.5rem;">On May 28th 2014, the Punjab Assembly adopted a resolution tabled by MPA Ramesh Singh Arora to declare birthday of Baba Guru Nanak a public holiday in Pakistan from 2014 onwards. This resolution has not become enacted, so there is no public holiday in Pakistan.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> 🙏Thanks for watching.🙏</div></span></section><br /><h3 style="height: 0px;">x</h3></div>The Blog Starter http://www.blogger.com/profile/16421234714990591323noreply@blogger.com0India20.593684 78.962880000000041-8.6041045000000018 37.654286000000042 49.7914725 120.27147400000004