{"id":38376,"date":"2023-11-29T04:41:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=38376"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T04:57:22","slug":"guru-nanak-jayanti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/guru-nanak-jayanti\/","title":{"rendered":"Guru Nanak Jayanti"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Why in news?<\/li>\n<li>Guru Nanak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why in news?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Guru Nanak Jayanti marks the birthday of the founder of Sikhism and the first of its nine gurus, Guru Nanak or Baba Nanak.<\/li>\n<li>Sikhs celebrate this day with a procession called Nagar Kirtan, which sees groups of people sing hymns and visit gurudwaras.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Guru Nanak<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Birth\n<ul>\n<li>Guru Nanak was born on Purnima Tithi in the month of Kartik in the year 1469 in <u>Rai Bhoi Ki Talwandi in Pakistan<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>A Gurudwara was constructed at his birthplace, now called Nankana Sahib, situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>He was a beloved leader among people of all faiths. He spoke against discrimination and other evils of society.<\/li>\n<li>He travelled several miles to spread his message of oneness and purity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Spiritual journeys known as udasiya\n<ul>\n<li>During the first quarter of the 16th century, Guru Nanak embarked on extended spiritual journeys known as \u2018udasiya.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>According to his own verses<u>, he travelled to various places in the \u2018nau-khand<\/u>,\u2019 representing the nine regions of the earth, which likely included major Hindu and Muslim pilgrimage centres.\n<ul>\n<li>Nanak is said to have travelled as far as Sri Lanka, Baghdad and central Asia to spread his teachings.<\/li>\n<li>His last journey was to Mecca and Madina, the holiest sites in Islam, and he visited sites revered in other religions, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Founder of Sikhism\n<ul>\n<li>He was the founder of Sikhism, a monotheistic religion that combines Hindu and Muslim influences.\n<ul>\n<li>Guru Nanak founded the Sikh faith in the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent in the end of fifteenth century.<\/li>\n<li>The disciples who followed his teachings came to be known as Sikhs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>He was the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Guru Granth Sahib\n<ul>\n<li><u>Guru Nanak&#8217;s words are recorded in the holy text of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib, in the form of 974 poetic hymns, or shabd<\/u><\/li>\n<li>Some of the major prayers include: Japji Sahib; Asa di Var; Sidh Gosht.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Guru Nanak\u2019s philosophy\n<ul>\n<li>The teachings of Guru Nanak emphasise \u2018Ik Onkar\u2019 &#8211; the oneness of God, equality among all individuals regardless of caste or creed and the importance of selfless service.<\/li>\n<li>Guru Nanak\u2019s philosophy revolves around the principles of compassion, honesty and devotion to a life of righteousness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Nanak chose Guru Angad as the second Guru\n<ul>\n<li>Nanak spent the last years of his life in Kartarpur and his disciples followed a particular routine under him.\n<ul>\n<li>They arose before sunrise, bathed in cold water and gathered in the temple to recite the morning prayer and sang hymns.<\/li>\n<li>Service or sewa was also carried out.<\/li>\n<li>It exists to date as a system where people contribute their labour and help the needy through acts such as cooking food for them at the gurudwaras (what is known as \u2018langar\u2019).<\/li>\n<li>This was followed in other gurudwaras, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>One such <u>disciple was named Lehna<\/u>. As the Guru\u2019s sons were not inclined towards spirituality, Nanak chose Lehna as the guru after him, giving him the name Angad (meaning \u2018of my own limb\u2019).\n<ul>\n<li>He also had a sizeable following of his own.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Death\n<ul>\n<li>Guru Nanak died on September 22, 1539. A well-known incident from his life is how Hindus and Muslims sought to assert their own rituals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is Ik Onkar?<\/h3>\n<p>Ik Onkar, is a phrase in Sikhism that denotes the one supreme reality. It is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy.<\/p>\n<h3>Q2) What is monotheistic religion?<\/h3>\n<p>Monotheism is the belief in a single god. Monotheistic religions include: Judaism, Christianity, Islam.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/everyday-explainers\/guru-nanak-jayanti-2023-life-9044213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Guru Nanak Jayanti: 5 things to know about Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism<\/u><\/a><u> | <\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/travel\/culture\/guru-nanak-jayanti-2023-date-history-and-significance-18409601.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>CNBC TV18<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469\u20131539) was the first Sikh guru and founder of Sikhism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":38377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}