Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails social service by Sikhs

NEW DELHI: Hailing the social service by Sikh community and Gurudwaras all over the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed the need to do "proper research and documentation" on this aspect of the Sikh tradition.

The Prime Minister expressed his views while chairing the meeting of the High-Level Committee to commemorate 400th Birth Anniversary (PrakashPurab) of Guru TeghBahadur—ninth of the ten Gurus who founded the Sikh religion and was the head of the followers of Sikhism from 1665 until his beheading in 1675.

Addressing the meeting via video conferencing, the Prime Minister highlighted that it is important to make the younger generation understand the teaching and lessons from the life of Guru TeghBahadur, and noted that through digital means, it is easier to reach out to the younger generation world over to spread the message.

Elaborating on the discussions in the meeting, the Prime Minister said that to connect more and more people to commemorate the 400th PrakashPurab of Guru TeghBahadur, various activities will be organized throughout the year.

Modi said that the organisation of activities should be such that not only the life and teachings of Guru TeghBahadur, but of the entire Guru Tradition is propagated world over.

He later hailed the social service by Sikh community and Gurudwaras all over the world and said that "proper research and documentation on this aspect of the Sikh tradition should be done".

Prime Minister said that the Sikh Guru tradition is a complete life philosophy in itself. It is the privilege and good fortune of the government that it has got the opportunity to celebrate the 550th PrakashPurab of Guru Nanak Dev, the 400th PrakashPurab of Guru TeghBahadur and the 350th PrakashPurab of Guru Gobind Singh.

Home Minister Amit Shah said that collective efforts should be made to ensure that the message of Guru TeghBahadur reaches out to all. Culture Secretary gave a presentation on suggestions outlined till now for the commemoration.

The High-Level Committee was constituted by the Central government on October 24 last year to approve policies, plans and programs related to the commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru TeghBahadur along with supervision of the events. The High-Level Committee has 70 members including the Prime Minister as Chairman. (IANS)

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