Recently Punjab Police has proposed that the birth anniversary (Gurpurab) of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev be declared as ‘World Pedestrian Day’.
- The idea behind this move is to spread awareness on road safety for pedestrians by introducing Guru Nanak Dev’s own life as an inspiration, considering that Nanak’s teachings and followers are neither limited to any one country or religion.
- A written proposal in this regard may be sent to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways soon.
- The founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev travelled from Mecca to Haridwar, from Sylhet to Mount Kailash during the 15th and 16th centuries to spread the message of oneness and to break barriers across faiths by engaging in spiritual dialogues.
- Guru Nanak visited hundreds of interfaith sites related to Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, and Jainism throughout his journeys (also called udaasis).
- These sites are now spread across nine nations as per current geographical divisions — India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, China (Tibet), Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan .
- His travels were documented in texts called ‘janamsakhis’.
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