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Next: 24 Nov 2026

Guru Nanak Gurpurab

The birthday of the first Sikh Guru, kept with karah prasad and a free meal for all.

Akal Takht illuminated, in Harmandir Sahib complex, Amritsar.
Photo: Giridhar Appaji Nag Y, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Guru Nanak Gurpurab

Sikhs celebrate the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of their faith, with a reading of the whole Guru Granth Sahib, processions and hymns. Guru Nanak taught that all people should eat together as equals, and the langar, the free kitchen of the gurdwara, is at its largest on this day. Volunteers cook and serve dal, vegetables, roti, rice and kheer to everyone who comes, whatever their faith. Each person is given karah prasad, a warm sweet of flour, ghee and sugar.

The dishes

Karah ParshadSweet of flour, ghee and sugar placed in every hand.DalThe lentils of the langar.RotiRolled and cooked by volunteers in thousands.KheerRice pudding added on festival days.
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Guru Nanak Gurpurab" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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