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- Gurpurab is also known as Guru Nanak Jayanti.
- It is the most important festival for the followers of the religion of Sikhism.
- It is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
- Guru Nanak Dev was the first Sikh Guru.
- It is celebrated annually on the day of the full moon in the month of Kartik.
- Gurudwaras are decorated beautifully for this day.
- The birthday celebration lasts for three days.
- Two days before the birthday, Akhand Path is performed.
- The word ‘Gurpurab’ is a mixture of the word Guru, means ‘teacher’, and Purab means ‘Festival’.
- Sikhs join together to sing, pray and eat together.
