In Photos: How Guru Nanak Jayanti Was Celebrated This Year

Fireworks light the sky at the illuminated Golden Temple on the occasion of 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh religion, in Amritsar,

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The festival of Gurupurab is not only regarded as an auspicious occasion but is also the birth anniversary of the first of the ten Sikh gurus, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. As the Sikhs believe that the Guru Nanak brought enlightenment to the world, the festival is also referred to as the Prakash Utsav, which means “birth of light”.

Here is how people across the country celebrated 551st the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev on Monday, 30 November.

Fireworks light the sky at the illuminated Golden Temple on the occasion of 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh religion, in Amritsar,

A devotee takes a holy dip in a pond near the illuminated Gurudwara Bangla Sahib on the occasion of birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, in New Delhi, Monday, 30 November.

Illuminated Gurudwara Rakab Gunj Sahib (foreground) on the occasion of birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, in New Delhi, Monday, 30 November.

A devotee lights earthen lamps at the illuminated Golden Temple on the occasion of 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh religion, in Amritsar, Monday, 30 November.

Devotees visit the illuminated Gurudwara Bangla Sahib on the occasion of birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, in New Delhi, Monday, 30 November.

View of illuminated Golden Temple on the eve of 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, in Amritsar.

A devotee takes dip in the sacred pond at the Golden Temple on the occasion of 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikh religion, in Amritsar, Monday, 30 November, 2020

Farmers light candles on the occasion of birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at the Singhu border, during their ongoing Delhi Chalo protest against Centres new farm laws, in New Delhi, Monday, 30 November.