Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti is a very auspicious day in the Sikhism religion and India Punjabi culture and is celebrated by Sikhs and Hindu Punjabis around the globe. In 2015, Guru Gobind SinghJi jayanti falls on January 5th. Guru Gobind Singhji Jayanti is the celebration of the birth date of Sikhism’s 10th and last holy […]
Birthday of Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji – July 2012
Guru Har Krishan was born on Wednesday, 23 July 1656 and was the 8th of the 10 Gurus of Sikhism. He became Guru on Sunday, 20 October 1661 following in the footsteps of his father, Guru Har Rai Ji. Before Guru Ji died, he nominated Baba Bakala ji, as the next Guru of the Sikhs. […]
Picture of the Week: Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
Guru Arjan Dev Sahib was arrested and brought to Lahore where he was subjected to severe torture by Muslim Moghuls . Guru Arjan Dev Sahib was made to sit on a burning plate after which high temperature sand was poured over his head and body. Guru Sahib embraced martyrdom on Jeth Sudi 4th (1st Harh) […]
Picture of the Week: Guru Ram Das Ji
Ram Das was born in Lahore, Punjab on 9 October in the 1500s to a Sodhi family of the Khatri clan. His father was Hari Das and his mother Anup Devi. History states that in 1567, Guru Ram Das committed Baisakhi as one of the specialist days, when all Sikhs would assemble to seek the […]
First Martyr for Human Rights? Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
(CHAKRA) Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers. Sikhism followers remember the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur on November 24. He was beheaded as he refused to be forced to accept Islam as his religion and now stands as an example of freedom of choosing each one’s religion. Guru […]
Picture of the Week: Guru Nanak Devji
(CHAKRA) Guru Nanak (Saturday 15 April 1469 – Monday 22 September, 1539), the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs, was born in the village of Talwandi. Also called Rai Bhoe-ki Talwandi, the village now known as Nankana Sahib, is near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. He was born, according […]
June 16th – The Day of Guru Arjan Dev Martyrdom
June 16th (according to the Sikh Calender it is also recognized on June 5th) of every year since 1606 has been very special for Sikhs worlwide since they have commemorated the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, the 5th Guru and the 1st Sikh Martyr. Before the arrest, torture and Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, the Sikhs had nothing […]