Devotees throng the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak in Amritsar on Nov. 2, 2009. Photo: AP
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil (centre) with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (third from left), his wife Gursharan Kaur (fourth from right), Vice President Hamid Ansari (second from right) and L K Advani (right) with artists who recited the 'gurbani' at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti in New Delhi on Monday. Photo: PTI Photo
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil felicitates the artist who recited the 'gurbani' at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of the birth annicersary of Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev in New Delhi on Nov. 2, 2009. Photo: PTI
Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha L K Advani plants a sapling after paying obeisance at the Bangla Sahib Gurudwara on the occasion of Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary, in New Delhi on Nov 2, 2009.
Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal at the Golden Temple to pay obesiance on the occassion of the birth anniversary Guru Nanak Dev in Amritsar on Nov. 2, 2009. Photo: PTI
Dr Pritpal Singh, convener of American Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee and Syed Asif Hashmi, Chairman, Pakistan Evacuee Trust Property Board (PETPB) at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Guru Nanak Dev in Pakistan on Nov. 2, 2009
Sikh girls ride horses during a Shobha Yatra on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in Faridabad. Photo: PTI
The Sikh ‘Gatka Party’ demonstrate their martial art at Gurudwara Rakab Ganj on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
Policemen stand guard out side a gurudwara, or a Sikh temple, on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, in Srinagar. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
Sikh devotees pay obeisance on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at Chati Padshahi in Srinagar. Photo: PTI
Sikh devotees offer prayers in a gurudwara on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, in Srinagar. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
Women and children eat at a community kitchen or 'langar' at Nakka Gurudwara on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti in Lucknow. Photo: PTI
Sikhs in Kochi celebrated Guru Nanak Dev's birth anniversary on Monday at the gurudwara in Thevara. Photo: H. Vibhu
Members of the Gurudwara Singh Sabha celebrating the birth anniversary of their founder Sri Guru Nanak Dev in Coimbatore. Photo: M. Periasamy
Sikh pilgrims visit the Gurdwara Sacha Sauda temple in Farooqabad, 85 kilometers (52 miles) west of Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from all over the world arrived in Pakistan to participate in a three-day festival to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion, at Nankana Sahib, which will begin on Nov. 2. Photo: AP
Sikh devotees throng Golden Temple to pay obeisance on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, who founded the Sikh religion, in Amritsar, on Nov. 2, 2009. Photo: AP