Sikh Happy Diwali And Bandi Chhor Divas
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Sikh happy diwali and bandi chhor divas. Bandi chhor divas is a sikh holiday which coincides with the day of diwali. I want to send my warmest wishes to all british hindus sikhs and jains across the maidenhead constituency and the country. On saturday even as hundreds took to social media platforms to wish each other a happy diwali many others welcomed the occasion of bandi chhor divas. I hope you all have a lovely day however you are celebrating.
Wishing all my friends and family and all those celebrating a very happy diwali and bandi chhor diwas. Sikhs will also be taking part in bandi chhor divas commemorating the release from prison and return to amritsar of the sixth guru or spiritual leader guru hargobind in 1619. Happy diwali and bandi chhor divas. The festival of lights freedom and independence may.
Walking behind the guru careful not to let go they stepped out into the sunlight and freedom to the cheers of the gurus sikhs. From this time on guru hargobind was known as bandi prison chhor liberator and the day of liberation is celebrated as bandi chhor divas day. On diwali day in the 17th century sikh guru hargobindji was released from mughal prison photo credit. Bandi chhor divas diwali the sikhs celebrate diwali in memory of the return of the sixth nanak guru hargobind sahib ji from detention in the gwalior fort.
Sikhs historically celebrated diwali along with hindus with guru amar das explicitly listing it along with vaisakhi as a festival for sikhs. The sikhs celebrate this day as bandi chhorh divas ie the day of release of detainees because the sixth nanak had agreed to his release on the condition that the other fifty two detainees would also be released. In the late 20th century sikh religious leaders increasingly called diwali as bandi chhor divas and the shiromani gurdwara parbandhak committee adopted this name along with the nanakshahi calendar in 2003 by the executive committee under president prof. This coincidence has resulted in similarity of celebration amongst sikhs and hindus.
When murtaja khan nawab of lahore noticed that guru ji had constructed sri akaal takht sahib the throne of the almighty at amritsar and was also strengthening his army he informed about it to the mughal emperor jahangeer.