Celebrating Gurupurab at Bangla Sahib, Delhi. [Where faith, peace, and love converge]

My stay in Delhi gets more fruitful with the Gurupurab celebration. There is always a unique things that separates each and every Indian festival celebration and 'Gurupurab' is nothing different. Gurpurab is a significant festival in Sikhism that celebrates the birth anniversary of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is also known as Guru Nanak Jayanti or "Prakash Utsav". The word Prakash means 'light' and utsav means 'celebration'.

The Sikhs believe that the day their first guru was born was the ceremonial time when light and wisdom finally entered the realms of the Earth.

So to witness the grand occasion I reached the Gurudwara Bangla sahib centered in Delhi.

Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, in Delhi is known for its stunning architecture with a golden dome, its large holy pond (Sarovar), its massive community kitchen (Langar) serving free meals to everyone, and its role as a place of solace for visitors of all faiths. Being auspicious occasion the Gurudwara was illuminated with rights. The entire complex is basking in lights. A wonderful sight to enjoy.

What i like most about Visiting the Gurudwara is their management. They always emphasis on cleanliness and cooperation. You hardly ever heard of any stampede or fight broke out inside the Gurudwara. The Sikh are Peace loving and always know to respect human being. Unless and until you have done some bad to the. They are quite, helping and very respectable individual. Even the place was crowded they have done an excellent management to manage to crowd. The Gurudwara was over crowded, the entrance gate was swarming with devotees and visitor, yet there was no chaos.

No one was heckled in the crowd, everyone was waiting patiently for their turn to enter. It was really tough to click the pictures due to crowd. But the aura was quite visible as soon as you step into the Gurudwara complex. The entire complex was lighter with different lights and looks pretty in evening. The Gurudwara Bangla sahib is popular as it has some history attached to it. It was originally the residence of Raja Jai Singh, was visited by the eighth Sikh Guru, Guru Har Krishan, and has become a major center for Sikh worship, community services and religious harmony in Delhi.

While after waiting in queue for some hours and enjoying the soulful music played at the background. I manage to enter the main complex. Each corner of the temple were decorated and illuminated in lights. The visitors were co-operating each other. There was no tussle. I was scared but enjoy the pious occasion. It is one of the auspicious day for the Sikh community, and they were sure not to spoil it anyway. They are a great example of brotherhood.

After taking a round trip of the entire complex, i went to a place were devotees were litting candles and the place gets brighter due to number of candles.

It was a pathway around the holy pond. Candles are lit on Gurpurab to symbolize the light of knowledge and guidance brought by the Gurus, representing hope, devotion, and the expulsion of ignorance. The flame represents the spiritual light and wisdom that Guru Nanak Dev brought to the world. It is one of the fascinating sight to witness. The tour ended on a happy note and somehow we manage to leave the complex after 10 PM.

Guru Nanak Jayanti or Gurupurab is based on the Hindu lunar calendar, where the festival falls on the full moon day (Kartik Purnima) of the month of Kartik..

In good faith - Peace!!