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Nagar Kirtan of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In Hinduism, Bengali saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu [3] propagated ideas of bhakti, or devotion to a personal God, through kirtan (collective recitation of hymns) and nagar kirtan (kirtan the in form of religious processions), [4] and is credited in the Vaishnava tradition with introduction of the custom. [5]
In 2015, the Surrey Nagar Kirtan was declared the largest parade of its kind outside of India. [110] In August 2015, Corporal Tej Singh Aujla of the 39th Brigade Group, Royal Westminster Regiment became the first Sikh soldier to guard and watch over the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" at Canada's National War Memorial. [ 111 ]
In the Province of British Columbia, large, local Sikh communities in the cities of Vancouver, Abbotsford, and Surrey hold their annual Vaisakhi celebrations in April, [159] which include two Nagar Kirtan (parades). In Vancouver, the parade was first held in 1979 and is the largest annual single-day festival in the city. [160]
The five men, known as the Panj Pyare, stand in front of the float with the Holy Scripture at the Yuba City Nagar Kirtan Sikh parade on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Sara Nevis/snevis@sacbee.com.
Every year on April 13, the Sikh community celebrates Vaisakhi, which often includes a nagar kirtan, or parade, and free food is often handed out. It is the largest Vaiskahi parade outside India, growing from 100,000 attendees in 2008 [59] to over 500,000 in 2019. [60]
Sikhism in Greater Vancouver is one of the main religions across the region, especially among the Indo-Canadian population. The Sikh community in Vancouver is the oldest, largest and most influential across Canada, having begun in the late 19th century. [2] By 1995, Vancouver had one of the two largest Sikh populations in the world outside of ...
Two men were wounded in a shooting at a Sikh temple in Sacramento during the celebration of Nagar Kirtan. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Sacramento County will close some of its streets this weekend for the Sacramento Sikh Society’s inaugural Nagar Kirtan parade. Road closures begin at 9 a.m. Sunday along Bradshaw Road at the ...