Photo Exhibition of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born in 1469 AD in the village of Rai Bhoe Talwandi, now the site of Gurudwara Nankana Sahib, in Pakistan. Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was the founder of Sikhism, and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. There are ten Gurus of the Sikhs. The last Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, said that there would be no more Gurus after him and Sikhs would be guided by the Sikh holy book, “Guru Granth Sahib”.

Year-long celebrations of the 550th Birth Anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji are underway and 2019 is being celebrated as the ‘Year of Universal Brotherhood’ by the Government of India.

As part of these celebrations the University of Huddersfield are pleased to host a special touring exhibition on the first Guru, focussing on the core values of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and his teaching. The exhibition which will be showcased throughout the UK in 2019 will be at the University from 13 – 16 August 2019, and is designed to encourage religious diversity and to disseminate information on Sikhism in the UK.

Notably Sikhs are one of the biggest ethnic communities in the UK and the exhibition shows the way the Sikh religion has grown over the years and the relevance of the first Guru’s message in the 21st century.