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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 117147" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><span style="color: Red"><strong>SPN's stance on dowry. We adhere to the principles laid out in the Sikh Rehat Marayada regarding the payment of dowry: i.e., </strong></span>[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica]<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(<span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 9px">l) No Sikh should accept a match for his/her son or daughter for monetary consideration. </span></span></span></span>[/FONT]From Sikh Rehat Maryada, 1971, Section 4, Chapter 10.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>All that glisters is not gold as dowries adapt to India's new wealth</strong></p><p></p><p> <strong>MATT WADE </strong></p><p><strong>HERALD CORRESPONDENT</strong></p><p></p><p> December 12, 2009 </p><p> </p><p> Tarnished outlook ... Delhi jeweller Amit Singh is feeling the pinch as rising gold prices dampen demand and families look at other options for their dowries. <em>Photo: Graham Crouch </em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <strong>NEW DELHI:</strong> For centuries Indian marriages have been sealed with gold. Each wedding season countless brides are given away wearing elaborate sets of golden jewellery including earrings, necklaces, bangles, rings and ''tikis'' worn on the forehead. Gold has been an integral part of the dowry system, outlawed 50 years ago but still widely practised across the subcontinent.</p><p></p><p>The ancient link between gold and dowries is one of the main reasons India is the world's biggest consumer of the yellow metal. This national fetish has been lucrative for Australia. India imported $5.7 billion worth of Australian gold last financial year, which is more than Australia made selling coal to China.</p><p></p><p> Even today some families start amassing gold as soon as a daughter is born in preparation for her eventual nuptials. In parts of south India, which has more gold per capita than anywhere in the country, wealthy families can be expected to send off a bride with at least a kilogram of gold as part of a marriage arrangement.</p><p></p><p> The connection between gold and marriage is enshrined in Hindu mythology. Legend has it that when Venkateswara an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, wanted to marry the princess Padmavati he sought a loan of gold from Kuber, the god of wealth, to pay her father. Devotees still donate gold and jewellery at certain temples in a symbolic gesture to help Venkateswara win the hand of the princess.</p><p></p><p> Along with its key role in weddings, gold is used to flaunt family wealth and signify social status. It has also been a popular source of retirement saving and insurance against calamity. No one knows exactly how much gold has been passed from generation to generation and is now stashed in safe deposit boxes across India. But bullion analysts estimate families are sitting on about 15,000 tonnes of gold worth more than $601 billion.</p><p></p><p> Increasingly gold is being used as collateral for loans, especially by workers who have no documents to prove their income. When the Reserve Bank of India announced it was purchasing 200 tonnes of gold from the International Monetary Fund last month, many saw it as a symbol of India's love affair with the precious metal.</p><p></p><p>Demand for gold normally surges at this time of the year because of the wedding season. But this year's batch of bridal couples will be receiving lower quantities of gold than they might have expected. A record spike in the world gold price has dampened demand and India's 800,000 gold jewellery retailers are feeling the pinch.</p><p></p><p> Amit Singh, whose family has traded gold jewellery from a small shop in Delhi's bustling Chandi Chowk market for 75 years, says business is down more than 20 per cent compared with last year.</p><p></p><p>''People are still buying gold but in smaller amounts,'' he said. ''A family that last year would have bought 100 grams is going for 70 grams this year because the price is so high. They are going for lighter jewellery sets.''</p><p> However, something more fundamental might eventually suppress India's appetite for gold. India's modernisation and industrialisation has helped create a wealth of alternative dowry options for the country's rapidly expanding middle class. The dowry for a middle-class female today might include a Kawasaki, a laptop, a plasma television, a Blackberry and a mutual-fund investment along with some jewellery. For the increasingly wealthy and well-educated middle classes gold has shifted from being a rigid contractual requirement for marriage to being a symbolic wedding gift.</p><p></p><p>''As the traditional dowry comes under pressure from social change so too the gold component in the dowry is under pressure,'' says Gary Mead, a commodities analyst from the VM Group.</p><p></p><p> Gold has traditionally been viewed in India as an important ''defensive asset'', but gold's place as a form of saving is also under challenge.</p><p></p><p>Rising middle-class wealth and improvements in India's banking system have reduced the need for holding a defensive investment like gold.</p><p></p><p>''India's upper and middle classes are driven much more by fashion than necessity,'' says Mead.</p><p></p><p> ''It's not going to change over night but over the slow march of time - maybe the middle of this century - younger generations are going to start saying why are we holding on to Granny's gold?''</p><p></p><p> Suresh Hundia, the president of the Bombay Bullion Association, agrees that economic and social change will change the nature of demand for gold. But he believes the precious metal will always have a special attraction.</p><p> ''Indians will always be interested in gold,'' he says. ''They worship it.''</p><p></p><p></p><p> India's multitude of gold traders will be hoping their country's marriage traditions are so strong that brides will wear the traditional golden jewellery no matter what.</p><p></p><p>Forwarded by forum member Tejwant Singh ji Malik <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 117147, member: 35"] [COLOR=Red][B]SPN's stance on dowry. We adhere to the principles laid out in the Sikh Rehat Marayada regarding the payment of dowry: i.e., [/B][/COLOR][FONT=Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]([FONT=Arial][SIZE=1]l) No Sikh should accept a match for his/her son or daughter for monetary consideration. [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT]From Sikh Rehat Maryada, 1971, Section 4, Chapter 10. [B] All that glisters is not gold as dowries adapt to India's new wealth[/B] [B]MATT WADE HERALD CORRESPONDENT[/B] December 12, 2009 Tarnished outlook ... Delhi jeweller Amit Singh is feeling the pinch as rising gold prices dampen demand and families look at other options for their dowries. [I]Photo: Graham Crouch [/I] [B]NEW DELHI:[/B] For centuries Indian marriages have been sealed with gold. Each wedding season countless brides are given away wearing elaborate sets of golden jewellery including earrings, necklaces, bangles, rings and ''tikis'' worn on the forehead. Gold has been an integral part of the dowry system, outlawed 50 years ago but still widely practised across the subcontinent. The ancient link between gold and dowries is one of the main reasons India is the world's biggest consumer of the yellow metal. This national fetish has been lucrative for Australia. India imported $5.7 billion worth of Australian gold last financial year, which is more than Australia made selling coal to China. Even today some families start amassing gold as soon as a daughter is born in preparation for her eventual nuptials. In parts of south India, which has more gold per capita than anywhere in the country, wealthy families can be expected to send off a bride with at least a kilogram of gold as part of a marriage arrangement. The connection between gold and marriage is enshrined in Hindu mythology. Legend has it that when Venkateswara an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, wanted to marry the princess Padmavati he sought a loan of gold from Kuber, the god of wealth, to pay her father. Devotees still donate gold and jewellery at certain temples in a symbolic gesture to help Venkateswara win the hand of the princess. Along with its key role in weddings, gold is used to flaunt family wealth and signify social status. It has also been a popular source of retirement saving and insurance against calamity. No one knows exactly how much gold has been passed from generation to generation and is now stashed in safe deposit boxes across India. But bullion analysts estimate families are sitting on about 15,000 tonnes of gold worth more than $601 billion. Increasingly gold is being used as collateral for loans, especially by workers who have no documents to prove their income. When the Reserve Bank of India announced it was purchasing 200 tonnes of gold from the International Monetary Fund last month, many saw it as a symbol of India's love affair with the precious metal. Demand for gold normally surges at this time of the year because of the wedding season. But this year's batch of bridal couples will be receiving lower quantities of gold than they might have expected. A record spike in the world gold price has dampened demand and India's 800,000 gold jewellery retailers are feeling the pinch. Amit Singh, whose family has traded gold jewellery from a small shop in Delhi's bustling Chandi Chowk market for 75 years, says business is down more than 20 per cent compared with last year. ''People are still buying gold but in smaller amounts,'' he said. ''A family that last year would have bought 100 grams is going for 70 grams this year because the price is so high. They are going for lighter jewellery sets.'' However, something more fundamental might eventually suppress India's appetite for gold. India's modernisation and industrialisation has helped create a wealth of alternative dowry options for the country's rapidly expanding middle class. The dowry for a middle-class female today might include a Kawasaki, a laptop, a plasma television, a Blackberry and a mutual-fund investment along with some jewellery. For the increasingly wealthy and well-educated middle classes gold has shifted from being a rigid contractual requirement for marriage to being a symbolic wedding gift. ''As the traditional dowry comes under pressure from social change so too the gold component in the dowry is under pressure,'' says Gary Mead, a commodities analyst from the VM Group. Gold has traditionally been viewed in India as an important ''defensive asset'', but gold's place as a form of saving is also under challenge. Rising middle-class wealth and improvements in India's banking system have reduced the need for holding a defensive investment like gold. ''India's upper and middle classes are driven much more by fashion than necessity,'' says Mead. ''It's not going to change over night but over the slow march of time - maybe the middle of this century - younger generations are going to start saying why are we holding on to Granny's gold?'' Suresh Hundia, the president of the Bombay Bullion Association, agrees that economic and social change will change the nature of demand for gold. But he believes the precious metal will always have a special attraction. ''Indians will always be interested in gold,'' he says. ''They worship it.'' India's multitude of gold traders will be hoping their country's marriage traditions are so strong that brides will wear the traditional golden jewellery no matter what. Forwarded by forum member Tejwant Singh ji Malik :cool: [/QUOTE]
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