Guru Angad Dev ji Jayanti
Up Coming Date 18 April2012
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About
Guru Angad Dev, called Lehna at birth, was born in the month of Vaisakh on 1 Vadi, or first day of waning moon, year 1561 of the Vikram Samvat (SV) calendar which corresponds to March 31, 1504 of the Julian Calendar. When converted to the modern day Gregorian calendar, Guru Angad Dev Ji’s birth or prakash took place April 18, 1504 A.D.
In year 544 of the *Nanakshahi Sikhism calendar, Guru Angad Dev’s birthday prakash gurpurab is calculated to be observed on 18 April2012.
Guru Angad invented the present form of the Gurmukhi script. It became the medium of writing the Punjabi language in which the hymns of the Gurus are expressed This step had a far-reaching purpose and impact. First, it gave the people who spoke this language an identity of their own, enabling them to express their thought directly and without any difficulty or transliteration.
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