Guru Nanak Birthday
Guru Nanak Gurpurab
The birthday of the great saint and philosopher Guru Nanak, is celebrated as ‘Guru Nanak Gurpurab’ on the full moon day in the month of Kartik (November).
Guru Nanak’s Birthday marks the day this great Saint and his divine teachings are celebrated in lights and grandeur! Traveling far and wide, He spread the message of the one God who dwells in every one of His creations and constitutes eternal Truth.
Guru Nanak was a prophet of peace, love, truth and renaissance. His birthday is celebrated as a day to praise the lord and sing hymns of devotion to honor the lord!
His unique teachings based on equality, fraternal love, goodness, and virtue have touched countless lives and formed strong social, spiritual, and political communities around the world.
To commemorate the birthday of this first Sikh Guru, here are two profound quotes from His Holiness:
“Even Kings and Emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.” – Guru Nanak
“There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, He is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now.” – Guru Nanak