Best Wishes on Guru Purab

The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji - the founder guru of Sikh religion is celebrated with great fervour on the full moon day of Kartika (Guru Poornima). It is one of the most sacred festivals of the Sikhs. At Nankana Sahib, the birth place of guru Nanak Dev - now in Lahore, there is a beautiful Gurudwara and a holy sarovar. On Guru Parab, a grand fair and festival is held and Sikhs in thousands congregate over there from India and abroad.
Guru Naanak Dev ji was not only the founder of Sikh religion but also was a great poet, philosopher, humanist and a profound social reformer. According to him, one need not be sanyasi sacrificing one's family to please God. Those who practice devotion, whose mind is pure and who have sympathy, patience and honesty re in no way inferior to a sanyasi.
On Guru Parab, prabhat pheris nd sabad-kirtans are arranged in Gurudwaras. The devotees attend langar where rich and poor, all eat the same food irrespective of caste, class or creed. In the Gurudwaras and houses illuminated with candles, bulbs and lamps.
May the lights of knowledge and wisdom illuminate my students !!!