With Covid-19 protocols in place, devotees offered prayers at Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar on the occasion of the 551st birthday of Guru Nanak Dev on Monday.
People along with their families offered prayers and lit candles in the temple premises. Golden Temple has been illuminated with elaborate lights.
“I, along with my family, have come here from Guwahati to offer prayers on the occasion of the 551st birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. We feel so good, ”said Sanjay Kumar, a devotee.
“A large number of devotees have come here to receive offers from far away places,” said another devotee, Umarjeet Singh.
Earlier in the day, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev and wished him citizens on his birth anniversary. On Twitter, the president said that Guru Nanak Dev showed people the path of unity, harmony, brotherhood, courtesy and service, and provided an economic philosophy for a lifestyle based on hard work, honesty and respect. own.
The Prime Minister prayed that the Sikh Guru’s thoughts continue to motivate people to serve society and ensure a better planet.
Guru Nanak Jayanti is celebrated with much joy and fervor throughout the country and in different parts of the world on the full moon day of the Kartik month according to the Hindu calendar. It is also marked as Kartik Poornima.
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