[b]When is Guru Nanak Jayanthi 2005[/b]? [b]Guru Nanak Jayanthi 2005 [/b]is on November 15th. Guru Nanak, the first guru of Sikhs was born in 1469 in Talvandi near Lahore, which is now in Pakistan. Born a Kshatriya, he was distressed by the Hindu-Muslim bickerings in Punjab at that point of time. So, he initiated a faith which was secular in outlook.
This faith became Sikhism and its followers are known as “sardars’ in India. The celebrations begin a fortnight before Guru Nanak Ji’s birth anniversary. Processions known as Prabhat Feris taken place.