3-day Prakash Parv concludes

Patna: Takhat Shri Harmandir Sahib in

Patna

City reverberated with the religious renditions of ‘bhajan’, ‘

kirtan

’ and ‘katha’ as the three-day Prakash Parv to mark the 355th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last

Sikh Guru

, concluded on Sunday.Devotees participated in religious programmes and paid obeisance before the Holy Guru Granth Sahib. The prayer service in the morning was conducted by the head granthi of Singh Sahib Giani Ranjeet Singh, the main priest of Patna Sahib gurdwara. After the ‘ardas’, he read out the sacred Hukamnama of Guru Gobind Singh from the religious scripturesThe gurdwara was decked up with flowers and lights. Many devotees were seen serving langar, which was prepared at the new kitchen. The

langar

was prepared with modern technology with very less human intervention.Owing to rising cases of Covid, the rituals were kept simple and limited number of devotees were allowed inside the gurdwara premises.No cultural event, prabhat pheri (procession), nagar kirtan and shobha yatra was organised. The langar programmes at Kangan Ghat and Bal Leela were cancelled. The programmes at Rajgir’s Sheetal Kund and Guru ka Bagh in Patna were also cancelled.At the main hall (darbar) of Patna Sahib Gurdwara, the ‘bhogs’ of Akhand Path were performed and Hazoori Raagi Jatthas recited the Gurbani Kirtan during the ‘kavi darbar’. As many as 10 jatthas from across the country participated in kirtan and story-telling.Daljeet Singh, the superintendent of

Takhat Sri Harmandir

Ji Prabandhak Committee, said live streaming of the prayer service and other events was done.