Sikh community across the Valley on Friday celebrated Guru Nanak Jayanti or Gurpurab in Kashmir. It is also known as ‘Guru Nanak’s Prakash Utsav’ and Guru Nanak Gurpurab that marks the significance of the birth of the first Sikh Guru – Guru Nanak.
This day, celebrated as a festival, falls in the month of Kartik (November), according to the Hindu calendar. Thousands of devotees in the Muslim majority Kashmir Valley also performed their religious duties with zest and zeal to celebrate the day.
