Guru Nanak Jayanti (Parkash Gurpurab) 2023

In the year 2023, the birth anniversary (Parkash Gurpurab) of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji is on 27th November. Guru Nanak Dev Ji is the first Guru of Sikhism, he is known by the names Nanak Shah, Nanak, Baba Nanak, Nanak Dev Ji.

Guru Nanak History
Guru Nanak was born on Kartiki Purnima in a village called Talwandi on the banks of the Ravi river in the Khatri dynasty. Talwandi is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Some scholars consider his date of birth as April 15, 1469. But the prevailing date is Kartik Purnima, which falls 15 days after Diwali in October-November. His father’s name was Mehta Kaluchand Khatri and his mother’s name was Tripta Devi. The name of Talwandi was later changed to Nankana after Nanak. His sister’s name was Nanaki.