Sikhs in Chhat­tis­garh ag­gres­sively pur­sue the Pan­thic agenda in all spheres and they did not lag be­hind when all Gur­d­waras joined the move­ment to cel­e­brate Guru Gob­ind Singh Parkash Purab on 5 Jan­u­ary and adopt the Mool Nanakshahi Cal­en­dar.

Sikhs in Chat­tis­garh took the bold step of join­ing the move­ment to cel­e­brate the Parkash Purab of Guru Gob­ind Singh on 5 Jan­u­ary and also to hence­forth cel­e­brate all Gur­purabs as per the Mool Nanakshahi cal­en­dar.

This his­toric de­ci­sion was taken at a meet­ing of all or­ga­niz­ing com­mit­tees of Gur­d­waras of Chat­tish­garh, held at Gur­d­wara Dhan Dhan Baba Budda Ji, Telibandha, Raipur on 10 De­cem­ber, af­ter all-round dis­cus­sion and de­lib­er­a­tions of var­i­ous an­gles as­so­ci­ated with the is­sue.

More than 100 rep­re­sen­ta­tives of var­i­ous Gur­d­waras ex­pressed their de­ter­mi­na­tion to up­hold the spirit of mar­tyr­dom in Sikhi and to ob­serve 22-28 De­cem­ber as the mar­tyr­dom week dur­ing which pe­riod the mar­tyr­dom of Chaar Sahibza­ade -the four sons of Guru Gob­ind Singh will also be ob­served as per Sikh tra­di­tions.

To en­sure that there is no prob­lem or con­fu­sion in the years to come, these for­ward-look­ing Gur­d­wara com­mit­tees fur­ther re­solved to cel­e­brate all Gur­purabs as per the Mool Nanakshahi Cal­en­dar.

“This is the San­gat’s de­ci­sion and we will abide by it. We will cel­e­brate the Gur­purab of the Tenth Mas­ter on 5 Jan­u­ary every year and stop this un­nec­es­sary con­fu­sion once and for all.” 

Daler Singh, Gen­eral Sec­re­tary, Gur­d­wara Dhan Dhan Baba Budda Ji, Raipur

Speak­ing ex­clu­sively to The World Sikh News, Daler Singh the gen­eral sec­re­tary of Gur­d­wara Dhan Dhan Baba Budda ji said, “This is the San­gat’s de­ci­sion and we will abide by it. We will cel­e­brate the Gur­purab of the Tenth Mas­ter on 5 Jan­u­ary every year and stop this un­nec­es­sary con­fu­sion once and for all.” He also ex­pressed deep sat­is­fac­tion at the re­sponse of the San­gat and ap­pre­ci­ated the united stand taken by all Gur­d­waras on this very sen­si­tive is­sue.

The Gur­d­wara Com­mit­tees who were part of the de­ci­sion are Gur­d­wara Dhan Dhan Baba Budda Ji, Telibandha, Gur­d­wara Sac­cha Sauda, Ka­tora Ta­lab, Gur­d­wara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Guru, Tegh Ba­hadar Na­gar, Ma­havir Na­gar, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Tat­i­bandh, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Hi­ra­pur, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Murgi­farm, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Kabir Na­gar, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Amanaka, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Dukhni­waran Pan­dri, Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Sta­tion Road and Sri Guru Singh Sabha, De­ven­der Na­gar.

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Two Gur­d­waras have stayed away from the de­ci­sion for prac­ti­cal rea­sons as they had al­ready made many arrange­ments for the date an­nounced by the Jathedars. This is the case of many Gur­d­waras who would have oth­er­wise liked to cel­e­brate on 5 Jan­u­ary.