Do Sikhs over celebrate Bandi Chorr Diwas/Diwali?

[Premi5]

Belated Bandi Chorr Divas to all !!!

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[Premi5]

Belated Bandi Chorr Divas to all !!!

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[Premi5]

 

[Jacfsing2]

I'd say we Sikhs over-celebrate Diwali to the point we don't understand the meaning. When Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji beadbi happens; how anyone can be celebrating the Guru coming back to the Panth is beyond me. 

[Premi5]

4 minutes ago, Jacfsing2 said:

I'd say we Sikhs over-celebrate Diwali to the point we don't understand the meaning. When Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji beadbi happens; how anyone can be celebrating the Guru coming back to the Panth is beyond me. 

They are not inter-related, we should still celebrate Bandhi Chorh Divas. 

Though I agree, but don't know what we can do to promote anti-beadbi behaviour/campaign against it. The Nihangs did a good job recently in that respect. 

[Redoptics]

 

[GurjantGnostic]

10 hours ago, Premi5 said:

 

Will somebody tweet back boris does that include Jaggi?

[Singh1989]

More than Vaisakhi?? 

[dallysingh101]

I don't think we celebrate it enough myself. 

[Jai Tegang!]

 

I think this recent rebranding of Vaiskahi and Diwali, and the cutting out of poornmashi and sangrand, is showing more of our own insecurities. The Panth has worked fine using the original names, while celebrating it in our own way. Think about it, no one does Vaisakhi at Anandpur sahib like the Sikhs. And nobody does Diwali at Amritsar like the Sikhs. We rightfully "steal the thunder"! It presents an easy bridge for Hindus to cross into the Panth. Diwali and Vaisakhi are about 6 months apart and were understood to be the largest gathering points of the year even during Guru Ji’s time. These dates and events were used to take ownership of the vast heritage of Bharat. Guru sahibaan could have used Eid too, but they didn’t. Vaisakhi and Diwali shows we have a rightful claim to Bharat, including all its history. Sadly today our intellectuals are busy cutting all ties to our dharmic roots in complete contrast to the way this faith was practiced and envisioned by Guru sahibaan themselves. We are going to end up with nothing going down this lane. The sanatans are going to brand us as foreigners in our own land.