Country celebrates Gurupurab

Sikh devotees gather in front of The Golden Temple in Amritsar on November 1, 2009, on the eve of the 540th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was born in 1469 in Talwandi, a village in the Sheikhupura district, some 65kms west of Lahore in Pakistan. (AFP Photo)

Illuminated Sri Akal Takht Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.The country celebrates Gurpurab, the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, today. (AFP Photo)

A Sikh devotee pays his respects while taking a ritual bath at the Golden Temple.(AFP Photo)

Sikh devotees wait in line to pay their respects at the Golden Temple. (AFP Photo)

Sikh devotees throw flower petals on the road during a religious procession to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. (AP Photo)

Devotees clean the road during a religious procession to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, who founded the Sikh religion. (AP Photo)

Sikh pilgrims visit the Gurdwara Sacha Sauda temple in Farooqabad, 85 kilometers (52 miles) west of Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from all over the world arrived in Pakistan to participate in a three-day festival to celebrate the 541st birth anniversary of their spiritual leader Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion, at Nankana Sahib, which will begin on Nov. 2. (AP Photo)