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December 28, 2008 01:58 PM

What are the major festivals - and their dates - of Sikhism?

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December 30, 2008 07:03 AM
On ILoveIndia.com, I found a great Sikh Festival Calendar for 2009 (it also has 2008).

Sikh Festivals Calender 2009

JAN 05 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh
JAN 13 Lohri / Maghi
JAN 31 Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Nanakshahi calendar)

MAR 11 Hola Mohalla

APR 13 Baisakhi (Birth Anniversary of Khalsa)
APR 14 Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar)
APR 18 Birthday of Guru Angad Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)
APR 18 Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)

MAY 02 Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)
MAY 23 Birthday of Guru Amar Das (Nanakshahi calendar)

JUNE 16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev

JULY 05 Birthday of Guru Hargobind (Nanakshahi calendar)
JULY 23 Birthday of Guru Har Krishen (Nanakshahi calendar)

OCT 09 Birthday of Guru Ram Das (Nanakshahi calendar)
OCT 17 Diwali

NOV 02 Monday Birthday of Guru Nanak (Lunar Calendar)
NOV 24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)

For more information about each festival, check out the source below (once you get to the site, look at the left column for a list/links of festivals or scroll down for the 2009 calendar).
Source(s):
http://festivals.iloveindia.com/sikh-festivals.html

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December 28, 2008 07:17 PM
Wikipedia has a list of festivals:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Festivals
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