Watch: Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrations at Golden Temple, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib

India on Monday celebrated the festival of Gurupurab with much gaiety and fervour. The Sikh festival marks the birth anniversary of founder of the religion Guru Nanak Dev and is celebrated every year on the full moon day of Kartik month of Hindu calendar. 

Guru Nanak Dev was born in year 1469 in Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi, in the present Shekhupura District of Pakistan. 

One of the most sacred Gurudwaras of Sikh Community in India, Golden temple in Amritsar was lit up for the festival on Monday. Delhi's Bangla Saheb along with other Sikh Temples were also decorated in bright lights. 

However, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has requested all devotees not to burst crackers this year in view of the heavy pollution caused by it. 

Morning prayers are being offered across the nation, here are the live updates: 

#WATCH: Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrations at the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar pic.twitter.com/s6PeLubWc7

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Delhi: Gurudwara Bangla Sahib lit up on Guru Nanak Jayanti, the festival is celebrated every year on a full moon day in the month of Kartik pic.twitter.com/wkvQnFT3iU

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