The 543rd anniversary of the founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev Ji is being celebrated today with great religious fervour, dedication and devotion across the country. Guru Nanak was born in 1469 in Talwandi, a village in the Sheikhupura district, 65 kms. west of Lahore Nankana Saheb in a Bedi Hindu family.

Thousands of devotees from across the world today throng the , the Golden Temple and take holy dip in the sacred sarovar. The devotees also visited Sultanpurlodhi and Dera Baba Nanak, Sultanpur lodhi is a place, where in 1485 he took up, at the instance of his brother-in-law, the appointment of an official in charge of the stores of Daulat Khan Lodhi, the Muslim ruler of the area and spent some years of life. It is there that he came into contact with Mardana, a Muslim minstrel.

At Kartarpur (now in Pakistan)near Dera Baba nanak Guru ji worked as a peasent.Devotees pronged to Gurudwaras to listen to Sabd Kirtan and discourses on the life and works of Guru Nanak. Free Community Kitchens were also arranged in various Gurudwaras.