Writing Competition on the Life and Message of Guru Tegh Bahadur

Writing Competition on the Life and Message of Guru Tegh Bahadur

About Writing Competition on the Life and Message of Guru Tegh Bahadur

THE LIFE AND MESSAGE OF GURU TEGH BAHADUR

The Ministry of Education (MOE), Government of India, is glad to announce an essay competition for wider participation of students studying in schools in India both at the Secondary (Classes IX-XII) stages on the theme, ‘Life and Message of Guru Tegh Bahadur’, on the occasion of the celebration of the 400th Prakash Parv of the 9th Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Tegh Bahadur.

This is an auspicious occasion for all citizens of India and especially so for the school-going children to remember the heroic life of the great Sikh Guru and his message for the whole humankind. The Guru advocated for to respecting all faiths and living in peace and mutual harmony.

The life and message of Guru Tegh Bahadur reinforces our commitment to not only work towards the goal of having a socially harmonious and economically strong nation that is rooted in its age-old culture of sarve dharma samabhava but also spread it all across the world for a better future for the humankind.

Themes

The Themes are given below:

Generic Themes:

* Evolution of the Sikh Religion

* Sikhism and its Philosophy

* The Sikh Way of Life

* Ethics in the Sikh Tradition

* Sikhism as a Devotional Path to Spiritual Fulfillment

* The Guru Granth Sahib

* Religious Tenets of Sikhism

* The Sikh Historical Places of Worship and Pilgrimage.

* Sikhism and the Tradition of Khalsa

* Sikhism and its Practices

Specific Themes on Guru Teg Bahadur:

* Guru Teg Bahadur and his Times

* Guru Teg Bahadur and his Role as the 9th Sikh Guru

* Guru Teg Bahadur: an Example of Courage

* Guru Teg Bahadur the Champion of Freedom and Sacrifice

* Guru Teg Bahadur : A True legatee of Baba Guru Nanak Dev

Participation Details

The essay competition is meant for students of Secondary stages of schools under CBSE, KVS, NVS, NIOS and all School Boards/SCERTs at the State/UT Level in India.

Secondary Stage

Classes IX-X
Classes XI-XII

Words Limit for Essays

1. For the Classes IX-X the essay should be within 500 words limit;

2. For the Classes XI-XII the essay should be within 800 words limit.

3. The entries should not exceed the respective words’ limit failing which the entries would be disqualified.

Languages for the Essays

Essays must be written either in Hindi or in English

Mode of submission

* The participant should submit the write-up in PDF file format only.

* Visit the website www.MyGov.in to submit the essay.

* Write-up text should be submitted in readable font of Hindi/English Times New Roman for English and Unicode for Devanagari.

* Font size should be 12 for English and 14 for Hindi.

* Line spacing should be uniformly 1.15 only.

Timelines

Start Date: 30th November, 2021
End Date: 31st December,2021

For more details refer the Official Publihser

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