As Gur­d­waras across New York and Sikh um­brella bod­ies across the United States re­solve to cel­e­brate Guru Gob­ind Singh Gur­purab on 5 Jan­u­ary, the move­ment for im­ple­men­ta­tion of the cor­rect and orig­i­nal Nanakshahi Cal­en­dar is catch­ing up and the day may not be far when SPGC and oth­ers will have to ac­cept the fait ac­com­pli.

If West­lands in US leads the move­ment, New York can­not be far be­hind. Many Gur­d­waras in the re­gion which has the high­est den­sity of Sikh pop­u­la­tion in the US, have re­solved to cel­e­brate Guru Gob­ind Singh Gur­purab on 5 Jan­u­ary and some have also re­solved to fol­low the Mool Nanakshahi cal­en­dar in fu­ture for all Gur­purabs and Sikh fes­ti­vals. 

With Sikh um­brella bod­ies like Amer­i­can Gur­d­wara Par­band­hak com­mit­tee and Sikh Youth of Amer­ica also re­solv­ing to fol­low the 5 Jan­u­ary de­ci­sion, this would af­fect many of their con­stituent bod­ies and as­so­ci­ates, mak­ing the num­ber much larger. It is also likely that fol­low­ing this many more Gur­d­waras would join in. 

The Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Sikh Cen­ter from  New York, Gur­d­wara Mata Sahib Kaur Glen cove (Sikh Fo­rum NY),  Guru Gob­ind Singh Sikh Cen­ter Plain­view are part of the de­ci­sion.

“As the time nears, re­quests and ap­peals to the Jathedar Akal Takht are in­creas­ing by the day to re­con­sider the de­ci­sion about the date for cel­e­bra­tion of Gur­purab of Guru Gob­ind Singh”

From New Jer­sey, we have Sri Guru Singh Sabha Glen Rock NJ, Gar­den State Sikh As­so­ci­a­tion Bridge­wa­ter NJ, Sikh Sabha Lawrenceville NJ and Pine Hill Sikh Gur­d­wara NJ.

From Con­necti­cut, the Guru Tegh Ba­hadur Foun­da­tion has agreed to cel­e­brate the Gur­purab on 5 Jan­u­ary and so have Philadel­phia Sikh So­ci­ety, Blue Moun­tain Gur­d­wara and Guru Nanak Sikh So­ci­ety Lehigh Val­ley (Nazareth) from Penn­syl­va­nia, with Guru Gob­ind Singh Foun­da­tion Mary­land also join­ing in.

“With Sikh um­brella bod­ies like Amer­i­can Gur­d­wara Par­band­hak com­mit­tee and Sikh Youth of Amer­ica also re­solv­ing to fol­low the 5 Jan­u­ary de­ci­sion, the move­ment is catch­ing up.”

As the time nears, re­quests and ap­peals to the Jathedar Akal Takht are in­creas­ing by the day to re­con­sider the de­ci­sion about the date for cel­e­bra­tion of Gur­purab of Guru Gob­ind Singh. While the Jathedars have asked the com­mu­nity to cel­e­brate the Dasam Pita Parkash Purab on 25 De­cem­ber as per the amended Nanakshahi cal­en­dar, the num­ber of Gur­d­waras, in­sti­tu­tions across the globe re­solv­ing to cel­e­brate the Gur­purab on 5 Jan­u­ary as per Mool (orig­i­nal) Nanakshahi Cal­en­dar cer­tainly puts pres­sure on those who are still want­ing to drag the com­mu­nity into the fold of the Brah­man­i­cal Bikrami cal­en­dar.

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