Haryana to celebrate 400th Prakash Purab of Guru Tegh Bahadur on April 24

Panipat, April 22: The Haryana Government will be hosting a grand celebration in Panipat on April 24 to mark the 400th Prakash Purab of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur.

This was announced earlier by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at a press conference. As a part of the preparations for the event, a cleanliness drive was carried out in Panipat on Friday morning, to make the city clean in order to avoid any inconvenience to the sangat who will attend the 400th Prakash Purab celebrations of Guru Tegh Bahadur. Also read | India records 2,451 fresh Covid-19 cases, 54 deaths Member of Parliament Sanjay Bhatia, Member of Legislative Assembly Mahipal Dhanda, MLA Pramod Vij, and District Deputy Commissioner Sunil Sarwan participated in the drive. CMO officials said it was estimated nearly one lakh people would attend the event. A grand pandal has been planned on an area of two lakh square feet in 25 acres of field. Ahead of the event, a team of the Haryana Government visited Amritsar to bring the holy water of the Golden Temple lake for the event. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his Cabinet, Leader of Opposition, leaders of all political parties of the state, and Sant Samaj will also participate in the event. Sikh musicians, 'Ragi' and 'Dhadi' from across the country will be present at the event. Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth Guru (April 1, 1621-November 11, 1675) of the Sikh religion. The event is focused on highlighting the teachings of Guru Tegh Bahadur, who sacrificed his life to protect religion and human values, ideals and principles in world history. He was executed for supporting the religious freedom of Kashmiri Pandits on the orders of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. Crores of people follow the path and remember the sacrifice of the Guru even after 400 years. Also read | Now, your every meal through Zomato will be 100 per cent plastic neutral — With agency inputs