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Birthday of Guru Amar Das is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers

Birthday of Guru Amar Das is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

Birthday of Guru Amar Das: May 23

Birthday of Guru Amar Das is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.
Sikhs celebrate the birthday of Guru Amar Das on May 23, he was the third of the ten Sikh Gurus. He was a late bloomer and only became Guru in is seventies, but still had a great influence in Sikhism.

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Posted on 22 May 2012 in : May Holidays,Sikh Calendar


Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur is a Sikh religious observance

Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur: April 16

Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth of Sikh Gurus, and was born on April 1, 1621. He is most revered for his teachings about religious freedom. Sadly he was executed in 1675 for refusing to convert to Islam.

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Posted on 15 Apr 2012 in : Sikh Calendar


Vaisakhi is a Sikh religious observance

Vaisakhi is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

Vaisakhi Festival: April 14

Vaisakhi is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

Vaisakhi is a Sikh religious festival and marks the beginning of the new harvest season and the Sikh New Year. It is celebrated on the first day of the Baisakh month of the Nanakshahi calendar, on the Gregorian calendar it falls on April 13 every year and April 14 every 36 years, like in 2010.

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Posted on 13 Apr 2012 in : Sikh Calendar


Birthday of Guru Nanak is a Sikh religious observance

Birthday of Guru Nanak is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

Birthday of Guru Nanak: April 14

Birthday of Guru Nanak is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

April 14 for Sikhs all over the world celebrates the Birth of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism. He was the first of 10 Sikh Gurus and died on September 22 , 1539, leaving behind a great amount of spiritual writings and large number of followers.

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Posted on 13 Apr 2012 in : Sikh Calendar


Hola Mahalla is a Sikh religious observance

Hola Mahalla is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

Hola Mahalla: March 1

Hola Mahalla is a religious observance for the Sikhism followers.

Sikhs celebrate the festival of Hola Mohalla on the first day of the month of Chet in the Nanakshahi calendar, it may correspond to one day of the month of March since the date varies from year to year. It lasts for a whole week and several activities are displayed throughout the week by Sikh communities that join together to celebrate Hola Mohalla.

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Posted on 28 Feb 2012 in : March Holidays,Sikh Calendar

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