Stepping-in to stem the confusion regarding the date of celebration of Guru Gobind Singh birth anniversary, the Global Sikh Council has appealed to Sikh Sangats worldwide to celebrate the Dasam Patshah Parkash Purab on 5 January 2018 and to pave the way for full adoption of the Mool Nanakshahi Calendar.

Stepping in to stop the slide of confusion prevailing in the Sikh Sangat worldwide regarding celebrating the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh during the Martyrdom Week in the last week of December as decided by Jathedar Akal Takht and companion Jathedars, ignoring the appeal of the SGPC on the matter, the Global Singh Council has exhorted Sikhs to celebrate the Birth Anniversary of Dasam Pita -Guru Gobind Singh on 5 January 2018 and pave the way for full adoption of the original Nanakshahi Calendar to ensure that there is no such confusion in the times to come.

Gurdeep Singh Kundan in a press statement has said, “It is unfortunate that Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) has declared that birthday of Dasam Pita Guru Gobind Singh ji will be celebrated on 25th December 2017 which falls during the martyrdom week of Sahibzades and Shaheed Singhs and Singhnian.”

The note clarifies that this change in the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh has come about because of the politically motivated amendment to the original Nanakshahi Calendar in 2012 by the SGPC.

“We want to take this struggle further and therefore we request the Sikh world to adopt fully the original Nanakshahi Calendar, designed by Pal Singh Purewal, approved by the SGPC and the 51-member Panthic Committee formed by the Akal Takht Jathedar and adopted at the Akal Takht Sahib in 2003.”

Gurdeep Singh Kundan, Secretary, Global Sikh Council

To avoid confusion among the Sikhs and to ensure that the respects to the martyrdom of the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh and other martyrs is fully maintained, the Global Sikh Council -GSC “humbly requests all Gurdwaras, Institutes, Organisations and Sikh Sangat worldwide to celebrate the Birth Anniversary of Dasam Pita Guru Gobind Singh on 5 January 2018, as per original Nanakshahi Calendar as adopted by the Sikh nation at the Akal Takht Sahib in 2003.”

Speaking exclusively to the World Sikh News, Gurdeep Singh, the Secretary of Global Sikh Council categorically stated that “we want to take this struggle further and therefore we request the Sikh world to adopt fully the original Nanakshahi Calendar, designed by Pal Singh Purewal and adopted at the Akal Takht Sahib in 2003.”

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“It is unfortunate that Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) has declared that birthday of Dasam Pita Guru Gobind Singh ji will be celebrated on 25th December 2017 which falls during the martyrdom week of Sahibzades and Shaheed Singhs and Singhnian. Instead, everyone should celebrate it on 5 January 2018.”

The Global Sikh Council is pleased to learn that the Pakistan Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (PGPC), Malaysian Gurdwaras Council (MGC), Gurdwaras in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Australia and a majority of the Gurdwaras in USA and Canada have also unanimously decided to celebrate the Parkash Purab of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib on 5 January 2018.  In many other countries, the Gurdwaras are showing increasing inclination to adopt the “Mool Nanakshahi Calendar” of 2003.

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