Guru Gadee Annual Inauguration Parade

Very nice picture!!!

Accha hai!

Nice photo – I have never seen a Guru parade!

Thanks for your comment – Yes, the board is made of apples in different colours. Each year a new motif is made.

I like these sort of religious parades, often I’m caught guessing what is the reason behind it. But here on your web, it’s great that you give a short summary

Nice picture of yet another colorful Sikh tradition.

Very colorful parade!

That’s really interesting. Too bad we don’t have an inauguration parade here in the states.

Jo Bole So Nihaal…Sat Shri Akal

interesting and colourful parade indeed. Happy WW!

*happy sigh* Thank you for enriching my life, Sukhmandir!

Thank you very much for your very comment on my blog sir. This is an interesting parade…

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never seen one. Looks interesting.

I saw these parades when I lived in Toronto. Interesting how orange is associated with autumn and with your parade as well.

First time seeing something like this; it looked interesting.

I looked at the whole gallery of parade photos and feel enriched by the sentiments expressed.

I like the pic. I hope by next year i’ll have been established with a community and will be able to attend. is this done all over U.S. or just in Cali ? Satanaam shri Waheguru!!

I’ve always enjoyed a parade. And this one is colorful and spiritual all at once.

I loved reading the history behind this. Great colors and I bet it was a day of love & spirituality. Thanks for sharing!

What a beautiful picture. Captures quite a moment. Thank you for the lesson behind the event, as well.

How impressive they look all alike like that.

Great photo! As always I learn something when I visit.

I often wonder if people in parades are cold… this brings the same thought to my mind….. are their legs cold? This looks like a wonderfully colorful parade thank you for sharing it with us!
BTW the post is up now it was scheduled that is why the page came up blank my apologies!

Nice parade shot.

Khalil ji, and Daddy Forever,
I know for sure these parades are held in multiple locations in California. The parades are hosted on different weekends because many of the floats are take part in all of the parades. Some of these floats seem to get around the US as I noticed photographs with at least one of them taken in NY. I assume any state with a large enough congregation has some sort of Guru Gadee parade. I remember nearly thirty years ago attending one which was done all on foot. The Guru Granth Sahib was carried in a palanquin on the shoulders and carried around several blocks of the town.

I would love to see this parade! It looks like a very colorful and vibrant procession.

very colorful and interesting

What an interesting parade! Love the contrast of the tennis shoes with the robes.

Very interesting… I have yet to see one in person but have hoped to when I found out about them a few years ago

Wonderful picture. That float looks amazing. Thank you for providing links to background information on this celebration. Its wonderful to see thriving and visible religious communities in the U.S. at this time when so much about faith and tradition seems to be dismissed so easily.

Looks like a colorful parade!

That’s sounds neat. doing it the same way as it was done in the past is cool. wonder how big the palanquin was? I’m gonna find one to attend if not this year maybe the next. thanks Sukhmandir may guru ji bless you. Sat shri Akal.

Linda, I noticed in one parade that I attended that somewhat brought out boxes of white shoes for the panj pyara which seemed to be brand new. Genreally shoes are not worn where Guru Granth Sahib is present. It’s really to keep surfaces clean, but also as a sign of respect. I’ve seen people walk the entire parade route barefoot.

The photos of the parade are lovely. The sentiments expressed are so lovely – peace and unity are good things to strive toward.

The colors of the people wearing the most expensive spice saffron robes are all so clear and vibrant, yet different. These sword carriers are in darker saffron than others in the photo gallery. It reminded me of a picture of ancient Greek saffron gatherers gathering saffron for ceremonial robes.

this is the first time i’ve seen such a parade. thanks for sharing!

Great picture. I love the colors and I love that all of your pictures open new world views.

Thank you for your thoughts on parents and children which you left on my blog. I feel the message is so important that I have been doing everything in my power to get the word out.

I certainly hope you pick up a copy of Raising a Father and get some good laughs and tears from my story, and of course help spread word to other parents. Thanks again!

Arjun

http://www.raisingafather.blogspot.com

Thanks for your comments on my blog. I really hope that your daughter finds a good balance in her life and manages to balance motherhood and work. It it a difficult thing to be a new mother and have to go back to work… but we all do whatever we have to do, and it sounds like she has alot of support from both yourself and her husband, so she will be ok !!! I love orange !

their cloak so colorful and somehow…they all look the same maybe coz of their beard =)

lovely picture indeed!

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What a wonderful parade. I just love your culture.

We should all be educated about Sikhs and their
traditions. We all should be treated with
respect and compassion.
I am an International Poet, composing a poem about
the Sikh religion.