Seminar on Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurudwara Complex, Dibrugarh

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Dibrugarh: Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Gurudwara Management Committee, Dibrugarh, in association with Sikh Pratinidhi Board Eastern Zone, Dhubri Sahib and Upper Assam Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, will organise a seminar on Guru Nanak Dev Ji – founder of Sikhism- to commemorate the 550th Prakash Utsav (birth anniversary of Guru Nanak) on September 8 at the Gurudwara complex.

The theme address will be delivered by Dr. S. Tarlok Singh, DEAN, Chandigarh University, and Mohall, India. The event is expected to be graced by many dignitaries, including MLA Prashanta Phukan; former VC of Dibrugarh University, Dr. Kondarpa Kumar Deka; former Principal of Doomdooma College, Bodan Sharma and other dignitaries.

Nanak was a Guru (teacher), and founded Sikhism during the 15th century.The fundamental beliefs of Sikhism, articulated in the sacred scripture Guru Granth Sahib, include faith and meditation on the name of the one creator, unity of all humankind, engaging in selfless service, striving for social justice for the benefit and prosperity of all, and honest conduct and livelihood while living a householder's life.

The Guru Granth Sahib is worshipped as the Supreme Authority of Sikhism and is considered the eleventh and final guru of Sikhism. As the first guru of Sikhism, Guru Nanak contributed a total of 974 hymns to the book.

Guru Nanak's words are registered in the form of 974 poetic hymns in the holy text of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib, with some of the major prayers being the Japji Sahib, the Asa di Var and the Sidh-Ghost. It is part of Sikh religious belief that the spirit of Guru Nanak's sanctity, divinity and religious authority descended upon each of the nine subsequent Gurus when the Guruship was devolved on to them.

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