Karambir given the honour to carry the Sri Guru Granth Sahib on his head towards his home.
MIRI: The Sikh community here yesterday held a procession as the culmination of their 350th Prakash Parv (also called Nagar Kirtan) celebration of the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji – the 10th Sikh Guru or spiritual master.
During the procession the Guru Grant Sahib (holy book of the Sikh religion) was carried by the devotees and later brought to eight homes of Sikhs here.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji is the spiritual leader, poet, philosopher saint and warrior who founded the Sikh order of the Khalsa, the religious community in which the women take the title Kaur (princess) and men the title Singh (lion).
The celebration here started last Tuesday and lasted till Thursday with prayers at the Gurdwara Sahib Miri (Miri Sikh Temple) which was attended by some 300 people daily. Following the prayers they held gatherings with food and drinks being served.
The temple president Gurmokh Singh said three priests from India, Parvgat Singh, Ramandip Singh and Maninder Singh joined the temple chief priest, Napinder Singh in performing the prayers.
“Besides celebrating the 350th birthday of our Guru Gobind Singh, we had prayers to cleanse and purify ourselves while the procession and fellowship was to foster closer rapport among the Sikh community in Miri,” said Gurmokh to thesundaypost yesterday.
He added the three priests together with two others Ravinder Singh from Kuala Lumpur and Sohan Singh from here served as the Panj Pyare (the five beloved ones, the name collectively given to the five Sikh holy men).
Leading the procession were the Panj Pyare and the first home they called on was the President of the Miri Indian Association, Karambir Singh who is also the councillor of the Miri City Council.
Prayers and hymns were conducted and sung at each home followed by serving of Indian traditional food, prepared from the temple.