--- description: In TIME's photo of the day, a Sikh man breathes fire to celebrate a guru's birthday. title: TIME's Photo of the Day: A Fire-Breathing Sikh Celebration image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdea846b16d9867a9/6987a7a73c1639156a4549f5/dc334c85fb664bf18264c50f05dcb2d4-0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Fire-Breathing Celebration by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2013 9:02 PM CUT  Oct. 8, 2013\. A Sikh youth breathes fire during a religious procession on the eve of Guru Ram Das's birthday in Amritsar, India. Ram Das was the fourth of the ten gurus of Sikhism. Oct. 8, 2013\. A Sikh youth breathes fire during a religious procession on the eve of Guru Ram Das's birthday in Amritsar, India. Ram Das was the fourth of the ten gurus of Sikhism.Sanjeev Syal—AP by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2013 9:02 PM CUT  Oct. 8, 2013\. A Sikh youth breathes fire during a religious procession on the eve of Guru Ram Das's birthday in Amritsar, India. Ram Das was the fourth of the ten gurus of Sikhism. Sanjeev Syal—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3803040/a-fire-breathing-celebration/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3803040/a-fire-breathing-celebration/"},"headline":"A Fire-Breathing Celebration","datePublished":"2013-10-08T21:02:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:39.641Z","description":"In TIME's photo of the day, a Sikh man breathes fire to celebrate a guru's birthday.","url":"https://time.com/3803040/a-fire-breathing-celebration/","keywords":["LightBox","India","fire","Sikh","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdea846b16d9867a9/6987a7a73c1639156a4549f5/dc334c85fb664bf18264c50f05dcb2d4-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdea846b16d9867a9/6987a7a73c1639156a4549f5/dc334c85fb664bf18264c50f05dcb2d4-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oct. 8, 2013. A Sikh youth breathes fire during a religious procession on the eve of Guru Ram Das's birthday in Amritsar, India.","caption":"Oct. 8, 2013. A Sikh youth breathes fire during a religious procession on the eve of Guru Ram Das's birthday in Amritsar, India.","creditText":"Sanjeev Syal—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3803040/a-fire-breathing-celebration/","name":"A Fire-Breathing Celebration"}}]}] ```