553rd Prakash Utsav: Sikhs Take Out Colourful Nagar Kirtan

Exhilarating display of Gatka skills, a Sikh martial art form, rendering of Shabad keertans, carrying of Guru Granth Sahibji and Nishan Sahebans were part of the “Nagar Kirtan” (Holy Procession) taken out from Gurudwara Saheb Secunderabad as part of the Prakash Utsav of 553rd birthday celebrations of first Sikh Guru and founder of Sikh religion.

The 553rd Prakash Utsav (Birth anniversary) of Guru Nanak Devji falls on November 8, 2022.

As part of the ongoing celebrations, holy procession was taken out from Gurudwara Saheb Secunderabad and proceed via Manohar talkies, Clock Tower, BATA, Patny Circle, Kingsway, Monda Market, Alpha Hotel and reach Gurudwara Saheb Secunderabad in the evening and reached Gurudwara Saheb Secunderabad in the evening.

GSS Prabhandak Committee, President S. Baldev Singh Bagga and General Secretary S Jagmohan Singh and Harpreet Singh Gulati said that Nagar Keertan” was marked with carrying of Sri Guru Granth Sahibji, (revered scripture of Sikhs on a beautifully decorated vehicle, followed byNishaan Sahebans” (religious flag bearers) and demonstration of Gatka skills by youths from Punjab and Hyderabad. Shabad keertans were rendered by the Keerthani Jathas.

The Sikh youths hailing from Kalgidhar Dashmesh Jatha and other Gatka Jathas from Punjab displayed their exhilarating “GATKA” skills (Sikh martial art forms) by performing extraordinary exercise with their blunt weapons, Kirpans, swords skills and other skills with breathtaking performance attracting the passerbys all along the procession routes, Kada Prasad, tea and snacks were supplied to the devotees and passers by all along the routes. Life history and teachings of Guru Nanak was displayed on a decorated vehicle with LED screen.

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