Rudra­pur, Hald­wani and Kichha Gur­d­wara com­mit­tees in Ut­tarak­hand stand com­mit­ted to cel­e­brat­ing Guru Gob­ind Singh Gur­purab on 5 Jan­u­ary which they have been do­ing for the last four years.

Nearly 10 Gur­d­waras in Rudra­pur, 2 in Hald­wani and 2 in Kichha have de­cided to con­tinue their 4 years prac­tice of cel­e­brat­ing Gur­purab of Guru Gob­ind Singh Ji on 5 Jan­u­ary as per Mool Nanakshahi cal­en­dar. 

On the phone line from Rudra­pur, Bal­winder Singh -gen­eral sec­re­tary of Sri Guru Singh Sabha,  Dashmesh Na­gar Awas Vikas said, “We will con­tinue do­ing what we have been do­ing for the past years as we do not in­tend to con­fuse our San­gat in any way. All Gur­d­waras in Rudra­pur will cel­e­brate the Gur­purab at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Dashmesh on 23 Poh, that is 5 Jan­u­ary as per the col­lec­tive de­ci­sion of all Gur­d­waras.” He fur­ther said that as per his in­for­ma­tion most Gur­d­waras in the state of Ut­tarak­hand would be joy­ously cel­e­brat­ing the day on this day. 

“We are dis­trib­ut­ing lit­er­a­ture and pop­u­lar­is­ing the Nanakshahi cal­en­dar in ur­ban and rural ar­eas which has an over­whelm­ing pres­ence in vil­lages of Sha­heed Ud­ham Singh Na­gar and around.”

Prit­pal Singh, Gen­eral Sec­re­tary, Sikh Youth Or­gan­i­sa­tion, Rudra­pur

The Gur­d­wara Com­mit­tees in Rudra­pur city which are part of this de­ci­sion are Sri Guru Singh Sabha Dashmesh Na­gar Awas Vikas, Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gole Mar­ket, Sri Guru Singh Sabha Adarsh Colony, Sri Guru Singh Sabha Mi­lakh, Sri Guru Singh Sabha In­dira Colony, Sri Guru Singh Sabha Ja­gat­pura, Sri Guru Singh Sabha Kichha and Sri Guru Singh Sabha Brar Colony. Gur­d­wara Nanak Dar­bar Kichha, Dera Kar Sewa Kichha and Dera Kar Sewa Nanakpuri Tanda Kichha are also in agree­ment with this col­lec­tive de­ci­sion. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Hald­wani and Gur­d­wara Guru Nanakpura Hald­wani in Naini­tal dis­trict have also de­cided to cel­e­brate Dasam Pita Gur­purab on 5 Jan­u­ary. 

IT pro­fes­sional and gen­eral sec­re­tary of the Sikh Youth Or­gan­i­sa­tion of Rudra­pur, Prit­pal Singh told this re­porter that pro­mo­tional ef­forts are afoot to ap­prise the nearly fif­teen thou­sand Sikh San­gat of Rudra­pur of the sig­nif­i­cance and im­por­tance of adopt­ing the Mool Nanakshahi cal­en­dar. He said, “We are dis­trib­ut­ing lit­er­a­ture and pop­u­lar­is­ing the Nanakshahi cal­en­dar in ur­ban and rural ar­eas which has an over­whelm­ing pres­ence in vil­lages of Sha­heed Ud­ham Singh Na­gar and around.” He fur­ther said that a full scale cam­paign is on and we hope for full im­ple­men­ta­tion of the Mool Nanakshahi cal­en­dar in the com­ing months. 

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It is also learnt that there are a cou­ple of Gur­d­wara com­mit­tees who have not joined the ma­jor­ity San­gat but they have been left aside while ef­forts are be­ing made to make them also join the move­ment for uni­ver­sal im­ple­men­ta­tion of the Nanakshahi Cal­en­dar.