As the month of September begins, another holiday is coming in Punjab. In fact, on Monday, September 1, the 531st Prakash Parv of Baba Shri Chand Ji Maharaj, the eldest son of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, will be celebrated. On this occasion, the Punjab government has announced a reserve holiday across the state.
Guru Nanak Dev ji and Mata Sulakhni had two sons, Baba Shri Chand Maharaj and Baba Lakhmi Das ji. Baba Shri Chand Maharaj is the founder of Udasi Sect.
According to the government order, the said leave will not be gazetted but will be reserved. That is, government offices, schools and colleges will remain open on this day as usual. However, employees will be able to avail this reserve leave where required or permitted by the management.
This list includes a total of 28 holidays and government employees can take any of these 2 holidays. At the same time, a demand has also been made to declare a local holiday on the occasion of Baba Shri Chand Ji Maharaj’s 531st Prakash Parv in Gurdaspur district, but so far there has been no statement from the administration about this.
Apart from reserve holiday, Punjab has one holiday, declared as public holiday in Punjab by the Punjab government on September 22 on the occasion of Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti.
