The city is all decked up for 350th 'prakash utsav' (birth anniversary) of 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh on Sunday. A religious procession would be taken out from Telco Gurudwara under the aegis of Central Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (CGPC), the apex body of Sikhs, in the city. The procession would culminate at Sakchi Gurudwara in the evening.
Men, women and children of several Punjabi schools and members of religious organisations would participate in the procession. Officials of CGPC said apart from spreading message of their guru, they would also educate people against terror and would give the message of harmony and universal peace and brotherhood.
Meanwhile, DC Amit Kumar today convened a meeting with the officials of CGPC over preparations of the state-level Prakash Utsav from January 9 at Gopal Maidan in Bistupur to mark 350th birth anniversary of 10th Sikh guru, Gobind Singh. He said that special arrangements have been made for the event. All the educational institutes from Government and private sector will remain closed from January 9 to 11. Chief minister Raghubar Das along with state sports, arts, culture and youth affairs minister Amar Kumar Bauri will inaugurate the programme.
The extravaganza organised by state arts, culture, sports and youth affairs department along with East Singhbhum district administration will witness nearly 50,000 Sikh delegates. According to the information, some of the delegates will be coming from Patna and nearly 90 acclaimed artists who would be exhibiting their talents during the program culminating on January 9.
As per he plans, Punjabi sufi singer Wadali Brothers (Puranchand Wadali and Pyarelal Wadali from Amritsar) and ludhiana -based sufi singer Kanwar Grewal are some of the star performers. We will also invite Bhai Jagjit Singh Dardi performing kirtan and Bhai Gurinder Singh performing nihang pradarshan (demonstration of Sikh martial arts) and an all religious conference.
Almost all the 33 Gurudwaras in the district are being decked up for the occasion. They religious functions and host langar (mass kitchen) as a part of the celebrations.
In a meeting chaired by the Chief of CGPC Sardar Inderjit Singh it was unanimously decided that procession will leave at11 am from Telco. The closing will be four o'clock in Sakchi Gurdwara.
At the meeting it was also decided to put a ban on the devotees on the way to perform fireworks.