If you look at Hindu Mythology the whole incident of Ram and Rawan is a selfish and ugly one. We celebrate the compassion and kindness of Guru Hargobind Sahib towards mankind. Sikhs DO NOT celebrate DIWALI!! We celebrate Bandi Chor. Come on guys, instead of calling this event Diwali for the Sikhs, why can't we call it by its proper name, Bandhi Chor.I guess over the last 300 years since the jyothi jyoth of Gur Gobind Singh, so much of Brahmanic influence has seeped into Sikhi that the general Sikh population are unable to distinguish between the Sikhi tradition and festivals from the Hindu ones.
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Sikh preachers, steeped in Brahmanic lore and more concerned with generous chrravas (donations) on the day, continue to tell myths associated with the misty past rather than recite Sikh history made in the full glare of the New Age.įinally someone that realizes that we are not Hindu's.I just received greetings on Diwali from a few friends on friendster. For the Sikhs, Bandi Chhor Divas does not mark the return of some mythological son of King Dasrath, returning from exile having killed the demon King Ravan and freeing his wife Sita from his clutches (only to send the lady back to banobaas (exile) again!). Yet, sadly, the “light of knowledge” has not dispelled the darkness of myths in the minds of many Sikhs. Sikh freedom struggle of the 18th Century, the great sacrifices made by Sikh freedom fighters including the shaheedi (martyrdom) of Bhai Mani Singh Ji, to keep the flame of freedom from oppression alight in the hearts of the people of Panjab, are associated with this day. The day should remind the Sikhs of Guru Hargobind Ji’s miri objective of “liberation” as a human goal.
Yet the darkness of ignorance continues to prevail.Bandi Chhor Divas has a very different meaning in the Sikh tradition than the Indian Hindu festival of Divali. Each year, Sikhs are reminded of their great past by festivals like Bandi Chhor Divas.
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