The Guru's festival
Punjabi gur (Guru) + purab (festival).
The festival of a Guru, kept on the birth or death anniversary with kirtan, a procession and a shared meal. Ravidassia communities keep it for Guru Ravidas.
Guru Ravidas Jayanti is the Gurpurab of Magha Purnima. This article sets out the day, what we know of the Guru's hymns, and how late the early accounts are.
Kartik Purnima is the sacred full moon of the Hindu month of Kartik, celebrated as Dev Deepavali, Tripura Purnima, Guru Nanak Jayanti, and the close of Chaturmas, with river bathing and lamp offering.
Born in 1469, young Nanak's meditative stillness, once protected by a cobra's shade, convinced the local landlord Rai Bular he was no ordinary child.
At this Delhi haveli, the child Eighth Guru consecrated well water into Amrit to heal epidemic victims, giving rise to the healing Sarovar pilgrims visit today.
Hemkund Sahib, at 4,632 meters in Uttarakhand, marks the site described in Guru Gobind Singh's Bachitar Natak where he performed his prior-life penance.
Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan, marks Guru Nanak Dev Ji's birth in 1469 CE and is surrounded by shrines from his childhood.