GURU PARV CELEBRATION

JO BOLE SO NIHAAL SATSRIYAKAL

Keeping with the secular ethos of the school students of DPS-JC celebrated Gurpurab, one of the several auspicious religious festivals in Sikhism, to mark the Parkash Utsav of Guru Nanak Dev. The students of primary and middle school prepared a medley of activities on this occasion to commemorate and remember the birth and philosophy of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism. The morning assembly commenced with the recitation of the first pauri of ‘Jap ji Sahib’ followed by ‘Aarti’ along with the ‘Shabad’. Primary students chanted the Mool Mantra ‘Ek Om Kar’ from Guru Granth Sahib with a student explaining the meaning of the mantra. They presented with élan, the religious ceremony observed in the Gurudwara on this day and also sang the Shabad Gurubani. Dressed as various characters the gifted students upheld the Guru’s simple principles of life. The students sang devotional songs carrying Sikh Flags . They also narrated stories related to Guru Nanakji’s life.