Guru Nanak’s 542nd birth day being celebrated today
November 21, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
NEWDEHLI: The 542nd birth day or Prakash Utsav of the founder of the Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev is being celebrated on Sunday in different parts of India and a part of Pakistan with devotion and religious fervour.
Guru Nanak Dev was born on this day in 1469 at Nankana Saheb, now in Pakistan. 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.
The President, the Vice President and the Prime Minister of India greeted the people on the occasion. In her message the President Mrs Pratibha Devisingh Patil called upon the people to put in practice Guru Nanak’s teachings of peace, harmony and compassion in their daily lives.
In a message, the Vice President Mohd. Hamid Ansari said that Guru Nanak Devji has been apostle of universal love,
Kashmir Shutdown For Indian VP Hamid Ansari visit
SRINAGAR: A strike to protest against a visit by the Indian vice president to the disputed region of Kashmir on Saturday shut down shops, offices and schools.
Vice President Hamid Ansari was set to arrive in Srinagar later in the day to attend a university event in the city.
Security was tight after the death of a vegetable seller overnight in a grenade explosion in Srinagar.
Police and paramilitary forces patrolled the deserted streets of Srinagar and sealed off neighbourhoods to prevent rallies against India’s rule of the Muslim-majority region.
Ansari’s visit comes as protests have been raging across the Kashmir valley since the bodies of two women who had been raped were found three weeks ago.
Families of the two victims have blamed security forces for the crime.
Kashmir Shutdown For Indian VP Hamid Ansari visit was first posted on June 20, 2009 at 2:39 pm.
