Why Sikhs Celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lamps
Tuesday October 28, 2008
Guru Arjan Dev wrote:
"Mohe nirgun leejai larr laae || rehaao ||
I am without worth - please let me grasp hold of the hem of Your robe." ||1||Pause||
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Sikhs commemorate Bandi Chhor, the freeing of Guru Har Gobind from a mogul prison during Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lamps. Find out how the above composition of his father, Guru Arjan Dev, may have inspired Guru Har Gobind's negotiations for the release of fellow prisoners, and how khanda symbol carved into the pumpkin lamp below is a perfect expression of Diwali for Sikhs...read more
Photo © [B.Lionberger]
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