Guru Nanak Jayanti

The birth anniversary of Sikhism's founder, celebrated with light, prayer, and langar.

Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrates the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, on the full moon day of the Kartik month in the Sikh calendar. The holiday is one of the most important in the Sikh religious calendar and is observed by approximately 25 to 30 million Sikhs worldwide with processi