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President Ram Nath Kovind has extended his greetings and best wishes to all the citizens living in India and abroad, especially the brothers and sisters of the Sikh community on the eve of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
In his message, Mr Kovind has said that the life and teachings of Guru Nanak Dev are an inspiration for all human-beings. He showed people the path of unity, harmony, fraternity, comity and service, and gave an economic philosophy to realize a lifestyle based on hard work, honesty and self-respect.
The President said that Guru Nanak Dev gave the basic mantra of ‘Ek Onkar’ to his followers and insisted on treating all human beings equally, without discriminating on the basis of caste, creed and gender. Mr Kovind said that his message of ‘Naam Japo, Kirat Karo and Vand Chhako’ contains the essence of all his teachings.
The President said, on the sacred occasion of Guru Nanak Dev’s birth anniversary, we should resolve to conduct ourselves in a manner so as to emulate his teachings.