St Cecilia’s Public School
Gurpurab di Lakh Lakh Wadhaaiyaan
The Ecstatic Cecilian Fraternity Commemorates
The Birth Anniversary of Guru Nank Devji
“There is but one God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator,
He fears none, He is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and deaths, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru .”
– Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Guru Nanak Jayanti commemorates the birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism. It is the most sacred festival of the Sikh community. The festival has been celebrated with great religious dedication and devotion in the Cecilia campus as more than 1500 students and more than 100 staff members bowed their heads in reverence.
The ardent students of Classes Nursery to XII celebrated Gurpurab with great fervour and gaiety . The celebrations started with a prayer to memorialize the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, followed by the chanting of the soothing holy ‘Shabads’ by the melodious kirtan students making the whole ambience serene and pious .
The special assembly also soothed the soul with saakhis and small presentations highlighting the life teachings of Guru Nanak Dev ji prepared by the students to apprise the spectators about the principles and teachings of the pious soul, Guru Nanak Dev Ji reiterating the message of ‘One God’ and the ‘Eternal Truth’. It proclaimed that the essence of religion is to engage man to constantly remember the divine always and everywhere. The Kada Prasad Sewa performed by the students in the school made them learn the lesson of following the path of universal brotherhood and harmony.
Madam Principal blessed the gathering and wished everyone a harmonious and pious Gurpurab. Madam also announced the week long celebration including Prabhat Pheri in school campus along with class Langars epitomizing communal kitchen and brotherhood.
The programme concluded on a note of spiritual ecstasy with the unbeatable excitement amongst the students. Madam Principal also impressed upon all that the true religion is ‘Humanity’ only and advised the students to do “Simran” and eulogized the efforts put in by the elated students to celebrate this auspicious occasion of ‘Gurpurab’.