Sikhs Celebrate Guru Nanak Jayanti across India

The 542nd birthday or Prakash Utsav of the founder of the Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev is being celebrated on Sunday in different parts of the country with great devotion and fervour. The President, the Vice President and the Prime Minister greeted the people on the occasion. In her message the President Patil called upon the people to put in practice Guru Nanak's teachings of peace, harmony and compassion in their daily lives. Meanwhile, the devotees started visiting the tastefully illuminated Gurudwaras since early morning to listen to Shabd-Kirtan and religious discourses on the life and works of Guru Nanak Dev.Keywords: