A procession being taken out as part of Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary celebrations at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan, on Sunday. ht photoSurjit Singh
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AMRITSAR : Two day after a mob pelted the gurdwara Nankana Sahib with stones, the shrine on Sunday hosted birthday celebrations of the 10th Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh in the presence of Pakistan’s federal interior minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah and Muslim religious leaders.
The Sikh congregation in Nankana Sahib organised an akhand path (non-stop recitation of Guru Granth Sahib) at the gurdwara. Besides the federal interior minister, other dignitaries including Pakistan’s Punjab minister Mian Momoon Ur Rasheed, member of provincial assembly Mohinderpal Singh and member of PSGPC Minpal Singh also addressed the gathering. The ministers stressed upon the love and respect shared among Sikhs and Muslims in Pakistan.
Unlike the SGPC which celebrates this gurpurb as per modified Nanakshahi calender, the PSGPC celebrates it as per the original Nanakshahi calendar.
For the first time since the Partition, the birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh master was celebrated at gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, the last resting place of Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak. HTC