PM Modi Pitches For Unity In Country, Recalls Contribution Of Sikh Gurus

Kutch:

Stating that the risks in opposition to which the Sikh gurus had alerted folks throughout their lifetime live on even immediately, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday careworn the necessity to keep united, and urged folks to make sure that no person is ready to hurt the nation’s unity.

Addressing the Gurpurab celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurudwara Lakhpat Sahib in Gujarat’s Kutch through video conferencing, PM Modi listed the contribution of Sikh gurus, which he mentioned isn’t just restricted to society and spirituality.

PM Modi’s enchantment throughout his tackle to the Sikh neighborhood comes two days after a blast passed off in Punjab’s Ludhiana district courtroom advanced that killed one particular person and left six others injured.

“It’s our accountability to make sure that in such an vital interval, no person hurts our goals and unity of the nation. To attain the goals for which our gurus lived and sacrificed their lives, we must always all stay united. Unity is crucial for us all,” PM Modi mentioned.

“The hazards in opposition to which the gurus alerted us stay the identical even immediately, so we now have to be cautious and make sure the safety of the nation. I’m positive that with the blessings of Guru Nanak Dev ji, we’ll absolutely fulfil our dedication, and the nation will attain new heights,” he mentioned.

Guru Nanak Dev ji and different gurus not solely saved the consciousness of India ignited, but additionally made a option to hold the nation protected from exterior assaults and atrocities that had been breaking folks’s morale at the moment, the PM added.

“The contribution of our gurus isn’t restricted to society and spirituality alone. Slightly, if our nation, its consciousness, religion and integrity are protected immediately, then at its core is the nice penance of the Sikh gurus,” he mentioned.

The Sikh gurus by no means hesitated to place their lives in danger to guard India in opposition to international attackers. “Guru Tegh Bahadur’s valour and his sacrifice in opposition to Aurangzeb teaches us how the nation fights in opposition to terror and non secular fanaticism,” he mentioned.

“Equally, the lifetime of the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, can also be a residing instance of tenacity and sacrifice at each step,” he mentioned, including that the gurus took on the strongest rulers of their occasions, and 1000’s of individuals sacrifices their lives to cease the assaults of Nader Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali.

PM Modi mentioned that Maharaja Ranjit Singh labored to preserve the nation’s heritage, and Jallianwala Bagh is witness to the sacrifice made by the Sikh brothers and sisters, who fought with valour for the nation’s independence from the British rule.

“In the present day, when the nation is taking inspiration from its wrestle for independence, from its previous, at such a time, beliefs of our gurus turn into much more vital. Behind all of the efforts taken by the nation and its commitments are goals that it has been ready for to fulfil,” he mentioned.

He mentioned that efforts have been made at each stage for the message of Guru Nanak Dev ji to achieve the entire world with new power. “The Kartarpur Sahib Hall which was awaited for many years, in 2019 solely our authorities accomplished its building,” he mentioned.

Extra lately, the nation was profitable in bringing the revered Guru Granth Sahib from Afghanistan to India, PM Modi mentioned.

He additionally recalled bringing a small sword with the title of Guru Hargobind Ji written in Persian from America throughout his go to just a few months in the past, together with greater than 150 historic objects that had been returned by the US to India.

“It has all the time been a matter of delight for Gujarat that the fourth Gursikh (of Panj Pyare) Bhai Mohkam Singh ji, was from Gujarat, who performed an vital function within the institution of the Khalsa Panth. Gurdwara Guess Dwarka Bhai Mohkam Singh has been in-built his reminiscence in Devbhoomi Dwarka,” he mentioned.

Yearly, from December 23 to 25, Sikh Sangat of Gujarat have fun the Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji at Gurudwara Lakhpat Sahib, the place he had stayed through the course of his travels, and which has his relics, together with picket footwear and palkhi (cradle) in addition to manuscripts and markings scripts of Gurmukhi.

The Gurdwara had suffered damages through the 2001 earthquake. PM Modi, as chief minister of Gujarat, had undertaken efforts to make sure restore of the damages.