Thank you Amardeep Singh. Nice article. There is no question that the way the Bandi —— day is celebrated, it is an alibi for actually celebrating Diwali to pretend that Sikhs don’t celebrate to try to emphasize that Sikhs are separate from Hindus. How many Sikhs all over India who participate in the festival even know that they are celebrating bandi Chhor divas day and are even familiar with this history. It is also immaterial whether Guru sahib was imprisoned for how long.
Truth is Sikhs have organically grown out of largely Hindu culture. Hinduism is not even a religion. It is merely a geographic description. So Sikhs have largely remained aligned with Hindu way of cultural life.
May I ask a question to those who are research oriented. Did all guru sahiban themselves and their devotees- Sikhs in their life celebrate these Hindu festivals like Diwali?
please enlighten us on this subject.
I don’t think evaluating cultural events on basis of Gurbani is quite appropriate. Gurbani is entirely focused on spiritual development. That is the reason that Gurbani or Guru Granth Sahib Is so unique compared to other scriptures.
When Sikhs celebrate Diwali they don’t go to temples and do puja etc. So Diwali is is merely is a social event for merry making.
I am totally against all the fire works. It is a crime against environment and a major health hazard and should be strongly limited. Disney world in Orlando has daily for works. All over the world new year is celebrate with heavy fireworks. It is bad.
Humans need some sort of festivities to celebrate life.
May Waheguru bless you all
