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Chandigarh, Oct 24 (IANS) The month-long programs to commemorate the 350th martyrdom day of ‘Hind Di Chadar’ Guru Tegh Bahadur will begin from holy sites in the national capital on Saturday.
The programs are being conducted with devotion, reverence and compliance with the Sikh religious code.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will pay obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Sis Ganj Sahib on Saturday morning and also pay homage at the martyrdom sites of Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Sati Das and Bhai Dayala, who attained supreme martyrdom along with Guru Sahib.
Cabinet ministers will accompany Chief Minister Mann during the tour. They will present ‘Rumala Sahib’ and participate in ‘Ardaas’ (prayers) for the well-being of all (Sarbat Da Bhala).
After paying obeisance at Gurdwara Sahib, Chief Minister Mann will visit nearby martyr sites of great Sikh martyrs Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Sati Das and Bhai Dayala, who sacrificed their lives to protect the faith. There the Chief Minister and his cabinet will offer floral tributes and offer prayers in his memory.
The month-long programs will formally begin on Saturday with a special ‘Kirtan Samagam’ at Gurdwara Sri Rakab Ganj Sahib.
Punjab government will inspect the programs from tomorrow till 25th November.
During this period, four grand Nagar Kirtans will be organised, one from Srinagar and the remaining three from different parts of Punjab.
These events will conclude with religious gatherings at Sri Anandpur Sahib, the birthplace of the Khalsa, from 23 to 25 November.
The Chief Minister has issued instructions that all events should be conducted with utmost decency and respect, to ensure that the divine message of Guru Sahib’s unparalleled sacrifice reaches the world.
Earlier, CM Mann praised Tegh Bahadur and said that he was the ninth Sikh Guru, a symbol of socialism and secularism, whose philosophy is a lighthouse for all.
–IANS
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