:dateline: The SGPC celebrated the Gurta Gaddi Diwas of�Sri Guru Har Rai Ji on March 15, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar of 2003. According to the�Bikrami Calendar, the Gurpurab is to be celebrated on April 5, however according to the�Nanakshahi Calendar it is�March 15. The SGPC had earlier made several changes to the 2003 Nanakshahi calendar, making it essentially the same as the Bikrami calendar. �This move by the SGPC was condemned by many but appreciated by others.
The SGPC staff announced that�the Gurpurab would also be known as�Environment Day and planted trees to commemorate�the occasion. SGPC Secretary Diljeet Singh Bedi said that Sri Guru Har Rai Ji had planted a�garden called�”Nau Lakha� with�a large variety of flowers and plants. He said that the SGPC took�inspiration from the path laid out�by Guru Sahib.
The calendar issue has been one of the leading controversies in the Panth. �Sikh sangat to some extent have celebrated holidays as per their own aspirations regardless of the mandates issued by Sri Akal Takht Sahib or calendars published by the SGPC. �The SGPC has been condemned for making so many changes to the calendar in the recent years.
