The Sikh community in the city is all set to celebrate Guru Nanak Jayanti in the memory of their first guru and founder of Sikh religion, Guru Nanak on November 6.
A procession will be taken out from Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar in GTB nagar to Dadar from 2pm to 6pm on Wednesday. More than a lakh are expected to attend the Guru Granth Sahib procession at Ghatkopar Garodia Nagar from 5am to 5pm. General secretary of Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Mumbai, Manmohan Singh said more than 100 Gurudwaras in the city will take out a procession and celebrate the birth of their guru and spread his message.
"There will be a community kitchen (langar) where people of all faiths participate. We also have health check-ups, discounts on religious books and other activities. The procession will see cultural displays, music, various placards with social messages and our volunteers will clean up after the procession," said Singh, aresident of Chunabhatti.
According to the three principles taught by Guru Nanak, a person should earn his livelihood, remember God and share whatever he can with the less fortunate. On this day, various gujaratis, sindhis, maharashtrians and even muslims participate by either helping to prepare langar or by attending the religious activities at the gurudwaras.
Gurudwaras across the city will begin their celebrations with Path, Katha, Kirtan, Ardas and Asa Di Var which are rituals, prayers and oral recitation of the holy book. Sukhdayak gurudwara in Andheri East began their celebrations 11 days back with morning walks known as 'Prabhat Feri' which begins at 5.30am and will end on Wednesday.
"At 1.20am on November 7, lights will be turned off to commemorate Gurus birth and prayers will be sung. The Bhagat Singh gurudwara has also been having 11 Akhand path and one path is three days long. They will also end on Nov 6 and a huge langar has been organised and we expect around 1,000 people to attend. The beauty of this festival is that there is complete equality among all castes and creeds and every person, despite their status in society, sits together and shares the same food," said Shelly Bagga, a resident of Sukhdayak Society.
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