Featured Photo: Ornament Depicting Guru Gobind Singh
Tenth Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa Panth, initiated society of spiritual warriors.
His personal sacrifices insure that Sikhs today live free to worship Ik Onkar.
Commemorating the birth of Guru Gobind Singh is important to Sikhs,
however differences between dating Easter calendars which fluctuate according to lunar and solar influences
coupled with changes from Eastern Julian to Gregorian calendars
have created difficulties with fixing a date to the Nanakshahi Sikhism calendar.
Guru Gobind Singh was born around the time of winter solstice.
When is Guru Gobind Singh's birthday celebrated in 2011 and 2012?
Birth of Guru Gobind Singh
Rebirth of Guru Gobind Singh
Khalsa Initiation Ceremony Illustrated
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What a beautiful ornament! I wonder what the tassel is made of.
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Looks beautiful piece.
That’s a beautiful ornament. Looks expensive to me.
Happy WW!
I was wondering about the tassel as well. It’s a lovely ornament.
It is a pretty piece. Is it for ornamentation or does it have another function?
What a lovely ornament! Ornaments are one of the gifts we’re making for Christmas this year. I had more fun making them then I expected!
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What a lovely ornament! One of the gifts we’re making for Christmas this year is ornaments, we had a blast making them!
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Lovely ornament
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Oh, so pretty! I love the detail.
Great ornament!
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That’s a lovely piece. I agree with ECL, it looks expensive.
Lovely piece of ornament. Happy WW.
Guru gobinds Singhs birthday will be celebrated with an all night worship service at our gurdwaras on the weekend of December 25th and 26th this year. As far as I know the ornament is just decorative in a commemorative sort of way. I saw this hanging at a friends house in July for her son’s first birthday. She had a number of these about. The tassel looks to be made from a stiff gold colored type of thread which is not uncommon to see used for different types of decorative trim.
An interesting ornament indeed. It looks homemade. Not the kind of ornament you see at a place like Target.
A circle within a circle, how lovely.
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It’s lovely! Happy wordless.
I played too. Mine are here and here.
Looks very interesting. Happy WW.
Beautiful ornament, love the colors. Happy WW.
Beautiful ornament.
Wow!!
Its BEAUTIFUL …..
Very special !!
A lovely ornament, and it gives one something to think about, how his father put the settling of other people’s strife above his own desires. Thank you, Sukhmandir!
It’s interesting at this time of the year to hear other sacred stories.
It is lovely…
So his birth is Dec 22 but is celebrated on Jan 5 and this year it is being celebrated with worship Dec 25-26… Did I get that correct? Or did I miss something in reading..
Lovely ornament! Is that a bell at the top of the tassel?
very beautiful….happy ww!!
What a lovely way to honor this Guru.
A beautiful ornament, I just think where I could use it, lol !
It really is a lovely ornament. Does the bell shape make a bell sound?
Very pretty!
Wee Shananigans, you got it. Guru Gobind Singh was born in Patna. The calendar in use at the time was called Vikram Samvant and is a solar calendar based on lunar cycles. The date has been converted to the Gregorian (A.D.) calendar. The corresponding anniversary date changes every year because of the lunar influence. For observation purposes, it has been fixed to Jan 6th, and usually celebrated on the closest weekend or holiday when there is time off to have a program. So that usually turns out to be the 25th in the States because every one already has the day off.
NS GIll, Interesting question, I didn’t test the bell. It seems the tassel could act as either a silencer or a like a the clapper of windchime to get the bell to sound. If I get the opportunity to do I will find out
Lovely ornamental.
What a great Wordless Wednesday! Hope you have a fantastic day!
Gurfateh Sukhmandir. Wow its cool 2 c I share the same b-day as him!
nice ornament also, a lot of brothers that drive truck like myself have them hanging in their truck cabs, sometimes u see them with the khanda too. take care ji.
What a beautiful ornament! How are they used
Barb,
Ornaments are not an object of worship or anything like that. They are mainly just for decoration. Like Khalil, I have seen them hanging from mirrors in cars, The one I took the picture of hung near a window inside a house. I’ve also seen them suspended from the center of a canopy which is hung over the Guru Granth Sahib.
It is beautiful and does look expensive. Very interesting about how the bell can be used as wind chime or clapper.
Good to hear from you Khalil, so yes so very cool that you share a b-day, maybe one day you’ll also have the fortune to share a re:birth day
such an interesting ornament
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It was very interesting to learn aboutGuru Gobind Singh and how the commemoration is affected by the lunar calendar. Thanks for sharing!
That is such a beautiful ornament. Happy WW
what a beautiful decoration.
Happy WW!
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I like the tassel and bell a lot – gives me an idea for some of my own ornaments!
I thought it was like a coat of arms.Depicting his rein and family.
Lovely ornament and picture.
its absolutely beautiful
Do you use it on your Christmas tree?
Jennifer,
That’s a good question and one I can’t answer for everyone. Sikhism is new to the West, and Christmas does not play a part in Sikh traditions. While the occasional Sikh, probably someone with school age children, may put up a tree, it’s not the norm to do so in Sikh families.
Sikhs do take advantage of the Christmas season holiday to commemorate Guru Gobind Singh and the martyrdom of his four sons, and mother. His father Guru Teg Bahadur was martyred in November. The Western holidays are convenient for Sikhs to get together for worship and commemorative services.
If someday Sikhs immigrating to the states were to adopt the Christmas holiday in anyway, gift giving would be done to commemorate the birth of Guru Gobind Singh. I believe some Sikhs of western origin do gift exchanges in the name of Guru Gobind Singh. I’ve heard it suggested that Sikh families who put up a tree might want to trim trees with Sikh Symbols such as the Khanda, so it’s possible an ornament like this might be hung on a tree, but I’ve never seen it done.
Sukhmandir ji……a rebirth day…ive been longing more and more 4 that day….ive even had dreams about it….hope its not wrong 2 long 4 amrit the way I’ve have…but yes tht will b good day
… Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh……pls pray 2 Waheguru 4 me…. may Waheguru bless u 
Khalil ji
You are very blessed. I truly believe longing to be essential to the experience of grace rebirth and ultimately the realization of the divine.