The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee is all set to organise a bike rally — Sarbat Da Bhalla Bike Rally — from October 2 to spread the message of affection, peace and humanity to commemorate 550th birth anniversary Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak Dev.
The rally will be flagged off on October 2 morning from Delhi’s Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib and will culminate at Punjab’s Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib after passing through various cities and towns on the same day to give message of universal humanism, said DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday.
He said that the rally will cover a total distance of around 250 kms in approximately 12 hours and will make brief halts at five places at Kundli Border, Panipat, Karnal, Ambala and Fatehgarh Sahib where brief programmes highlighting Guru Nanak Dev’s philosophy and teachings will be organised in order to motivate younger generations to follow the Sikh ethos of serving people without any discrimination of region, religion, race or caste.
So far, around 1000 turbaned Sikh bikers and persons of different faiths have registered for the event and total participation is expected around 1500 bikers, said Sirsa.
The online free registration for biker rally is available on DSGMC website till September 30, besides registering by filling up the forms available at all historic gurdwaras, 29 Sikh education institutions in the national capital.
“So far, 20 bikers group active in Delhi or NCR has actively associated with the bike rally through WhatsApp and other social media groups created to promote the event in a big way,” he said.
The participant bikers will be provided literature on teaching, philosophy and life history of Guru Nanak Dev, and bikes will be decorated with logos and posters highlighting various aspects of Guru Nanak Dev’s life, his teachings and messages.
DSGMC will also run a multimedia campaign to popularise the initiative by actively involving Sikh celebrities that should help in making the hashtag trend on social media like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc and online media in order to spread the message among common masses, said Sirsa.