Celebrating 550 years of Nanak: ‘Guru Nanak Street’ unveiled in Canada

To mark the 550 th anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, a region of a street in Canada’s Brampton city has been named after him ‘Guru Nanak Street’. The unveiling ceremony of the street sign board took place a few days back in the presence of Patrick Brown, Mayor, Brampton City.

The whole city witnessed the unveiling ceremony of the signboard with ‘Guru Nanak St’ written on it. Besides, a number of local police officials and Sikh community people were also present at the venue. As per news reports, a whole stretch of about 550 meters has been named after Brampton’s former Mayor Peter Robertson. But to commemorate the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak which is also known as Gurpurab, the decision of renaming the street was taken.

The city of Brampton in Canada has a huge population of Sikhs. The city is home to more than 2 lakh people belonging from the Sikh community and it certainly was a proud moment.

The mayor took to Twitter and said "Proud to speak at the Guru Nanak Street unveiling this morning to celebrate the 550th anniversary. The @CityBrampton is proud of our multicultural mosaic. #brampoli @PeelPolice @BramptonFireES #GuruNankDevJi #Gurpurab550”.

About Brampton

Brampton is a beautiful city situated in Southern Ontario. The place is known for its museums and art galleries. The Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) is quite famous here which is run by the Region of Peel. other prominent places of tourist interest here are the Rose Theatre and the Garden Square.