Happy Birthday Guru Nanak

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Guru Nanaks' Birthday Celebration In Nankana, Pakistan

Sikhs around the world are the celebrating the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. The festivities are known to Sikhs as gurpurab. Historians agree that the birth of Nanak Dev took place in the town of Nankana around the beginning of April on the western calendar, but his birthday is observed on the full moon during the month corresponding to October-November on the Indian calendar.