Mysore Gurudwara
 
 
Festivals
 
The important annual celebrations at the Gurudwara include:
 
Vaisakhi – the Birth of Khalsa: This is the most significant cultural and religious festival of the Sikhs. Culturally, it marks the on set of crop harvesting in Punajb, and religiously it signifies the birth of the Khalsa in 1699.
 
Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Devji: The day is celebrated to offer thanks to God for having blessed the Sikhs with the Guru who leads every individual by exemplary deeds. The Sadh Sangat of Mysore conducts a Shabeel during the day and serves the people with cold water with milk, sugar and essence added to it.
 
Prakash Utsav of the Gurudwara: This annual event is celebrated to mark the 1st inauguration of the Gurudwara on August 27, 1995. As a matter of fact, that was the day on which Sri Guru Arjun Devji got Prakash of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib done at the Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar in 1604. That is why the event is named as Prakash Utsav.
The celebration is most significant for the Sangat of Mysore, because on this day a big number of devotees come from Bangalore every year. In that sense it is one of the biggest celebrations among Sikhs in whole of the South India.  
 
Birthday of Sri Guru Nanak Devji: Like anywhere else in the world, the Sikh Sangat of Mysore also celebrates the birthday of 1st Satguru of the Sikhs. The most significant feature of this celebration is that a big number of local devotees from Mysore, especially the Sindhi Brotherhood, join the congregation.  
 
Birthday of Sri Guru Gobind Singhji: The birthday of the 10th Satguru is celebrated to get the spirit of the Khalsa enthused at every annual interval.