Guru Gaddi Day of Siri Guru Granth Sahib

Today we celebrated the Guru Gaddi Day of Siri Guru Granth Sahib; The day when Siri Guru Granth Sahib became the living Guru for the Sikhs. This is one of the days that we have a special Nagar kirtan with the sangat. We normally start at Sat Want Singh’s house for a big sangat breakfast. Then the Siri Guru Granth Sahib is brought by the Panj Piaray and carried in a procession with Kirtan and Gatka down the street towards the Gurdwara. It’s always a wonderfull occasion. Today was especially beautiful with all the fall orange/yellow colors, bright blue sky, and warm sun.

"Guru Gobind Singh installed this expanded version of the Adi Granth as Guru on October 20, l708. This day is celebrated today as Guru Gadi Day. At the time of his death, he declared that the Word of God embodied in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib was to be Guru for all time. He said, "O Beloved Khalsa, let any who desire to behold me, behold the Guru Granth. Obey the Granth Sahib, for it is the visible body of the Guru. Let any who desire to meet me, diligently search its Bani." Thus the Word of God, which has manifested as Guru in Nanak, and had passed through the ten incarnations of Guru, was now returned to its form as the Word, the Bani, the Shabad." – Excerpt from SikhiWiki.org

 
Below are some pictures from the Nagar Kirtan. Today I took pictures mostly of the Panj Piaray. I love the way that the angled sword and the panj piaray fit together. I took lots of pictures of Siri Chand Singh (pictured below). I love the way that his dark skin contrasts with his turban and the edge of the sword in front of his face. When you take similar pictures all the time (like I do) you have to find new "angles" to make it interesting. Otherwise it just looks like the same pictures over and over.

9 Responses to “Guru Gaddi Day of Siri Guru Granth Sahib”

1. HARPAL SINGH says:

   October 23, 2006 at 7:39 am

   It is really interesting,and beautiful to witness the scenes. Glad that Guruji is remembered as most of us had celebrating Diwali in mind. Many Thanks to Sikh brothers and sisters involved in this procession.

2. Amitoj Singh says:

   October 23, 2006 at 9:26 pm

   Whoops we missed it on that day it was also my birthday what a coincidence.

3. Mandeep says:

   November 4, 2007 at 5:38 am

   i loved that day and waheguru is there

4. Amarpreet Singh says:

   November 6, 2007 at 12:12 am

   It is great to watch people celebrating this all over the world. Keep it up, and I am still looking at the above picture…very nice..

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7. JASPREET SINGH DHANJAL says:

   September 30, 2009 at 10:38 pm

   I LOVE TO B PUNJABI. I M PROUD 2 B GURU FANS

8. Jasbir Singh says:

   February 8, 2011 at 4:00 pm

   Is there any down-loadable audio from this day?…

9. lakhansingh says:

   September 28, 2011 at 7:11 pm

   I like to gursikh dayli nitnem and path so gur sikh