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The white domes of Takht Sri Harimandir Ji Patna Sahib, the gurdwara on the site of Guru Gobind Singh’s birthplace at Patna, under a night sky, with the Nishan Sahib flag and the words “350th Prakash Utsav”.
350th Prakash Utsav
India Post issued a ₹10 stamp and a ₹10 miniature sheet on 5 January 2017 for the 350th Prakash Utsav, the birth anniversary, of Guru Gobind Singh. The tenth Sikh Guru was born on 22 December 1666 at Patna, where the Takht Sri Harimandir Ji Patna Sahib, one of the five Takhts of the Sikhs, now stands on the site of his birthplace. Installed as Guru after the martyrdom of his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, he created the Khalsa, being the first to seek initiation from the Panj Pyare; wrote poetry such as the Chandi di Var (1684) to inspire his followers against tyranny; and named the Guru Granth Sahib as the next Guru. He died at Nanded on 7 October 1708.
The stamp and sheet were designed by Kamleshwar Singh; Security Printing Press, Hyderabad printed 301,590 stamps and 1 lakh sheets.
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