Sikh Devotees Celebrate Birth Anniversary Of Guru Nanak Dev Ji

AMRITSAR, INDIA - NOVEMBER 25: Devotees pay obeisance at Golden Temple on the occasion of the 547th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, on November 25, 2015 in Amritsar, India. Guru Nanak's Prakash Utsav and Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrate the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak. This is one of the most sacred festivals in Sikhism. The festivities in the Sikh religion revolve around the anniversaries of the 10 Sikh Gurus. These Gurus were responsible for shaping the beliefs of the Sikhs. Their birthdays, known as Gurpurab (or Gurpurb), are occasions for celebration and prayer among the Sikhs. Sikhism was founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak, who broke away from Hinduism, India's dominant religion. He preached the equality of races and genders, and the rejection of image-worship and the caste system. (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)