Sikh Festival of Bandi Chhor Divas: A short note and couplets

 


Sikh Festival of Bandi Chhor Divas: A short note and couplets

A SHORT NOTE

Bandi Chhor Divas is a Sikh festival meaning the "Day of Liberation," which commemorates the release of the sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind, and 52 Hindu princes from imprisonment at Gwalior Fort in 1619, states an AI search. A big celebration is held on this day at the Holy Golden Temple in Amritsar.

This Sikh festival is celebrated on the same day as the Hindu festival Diwalin marked by lighting lamps, cleaning and decorating homes, exchanging greetings, and reflecting on values of humanism, compassion, justice, equity and inclusion.

BANDI CHHOR DIVAS COUPLETS

Chains are gone, the spirit's bright,
To live in freedom's golden light.

No more fear, no tyrant's hand,
New hope blooms in every land.

Oppression's darkness fades away,
We greet the dawn of a brighter day.

Our voices rise, a joyful sound,
On being back to sacred ground.

We lift our faces to the sun,
A victory for everyone!

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