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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Sikh News Reporter" data-source="post: 99577" data-attributes="member: 393"><p>Dr. Manmohan Singh appears to have struck a chord in Punjab as the Congress’s Sikh mascot whom even rivals aren’t singling out for attack.</p><p></p><p>The change in perception has been helped largely by the fact that his party dropped 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as candidates from Delhi.</p><p></p><p>But that isn’t the only reason. The Prime Minister seems to have been recognised for qualities other than his religion in a state where the Amarinder Singh (Congress) and Prakash Singh Badal (Akali Dal) families have occupied centre stage in recent years.“Manmohan Singh has been the most honest Prime Minister ever. Capability, intellect, integrity are a part of his personality. His elevation (as Prime Minister) is an honour for Sikhs across the world,” says prominent Sikh historian Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon.</p><p></p><p>The ex-professor of Panjab University had prepared a “white paper” for the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) condemning then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Operation Blue Star in the Golden Temple.</p><p></p><p>The SGPC — the highest temporal body of the Sikhs —also appears to have mellowed in its criticism. Days back, its chief, Avtar Singh Makkar, said the Prime Minister “was not a Sikh”, only to retract the next day and say what he meant was that Singh “wasn’t a good Sikh”. Makkar had made the comments when asked about the 1984 riot cases and what Singh had done for the development of Punjab.</p><p></p><p>Even the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Congress’s main rival, has refrained from direct attacks. But some in the party had appeared long-time admirers: Akali MP Sukhdev Singh Libra broke ranks with his party and abstained during the confidence vote for Singh’s government in last July. Libra, later expelled, had said his “conscience didn’t allow him to vote against a Sikh Prime Minister”.</p><p></p><p>For his own party, Singh is the rallying point. Rahul Gandhi dubbed the Prime Minister as Sher-e-Punjab (Lion of Punjab) at a public meeting in Bhatinda earlier this month. All 13 Congress candidates are seeking votes in the name of Singh’s “clean image”. That is their main theme, the other is the alleged corruption in the Akali-led state government.Historian Dhillon goes as far as to say “Manmohan’s name is a great boost to the party in Punjab”.</p><p></p><p>He gives part of the credit to the Congress. “The characteristics of the Congress have gradually changed in the past 25 years as the national party had realised it had to acknowledge regional and linguistic identities, besides the presence of minorities and their role.”The Congress isn’t relying solely on Singh’s “clean image”, though. It has made overtures to the Dera Sacha Sauda, a controversial sect that has a large following in Patiala, Sangrur, Faridkot, Ferozepur and Bhatinda.</p><p></p><p>The sect, whose founder Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had offended many in the community by dressing up as Guru Gobind Singh two years back, hasn’t announced its preference. But in the 2007 state elections, the sect had got its supporters to back the Congress, though the party led by Amarinder was voted out. This time, too, Amarinder has spoken of seeking the support of the Dera.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sikh News Reporter, post: 99577, member: 393"] Dr. Manmohan Singh appears to have struck a chord in Punjab as the Congress’s Sikh mascot whom even rivals aren’t singling out for attack. The change in perception has been helped largely by the fact that his party dropped 1984 anti-Sikh riots accused Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as candidates from Delhi. But that isn’t the only reason. The Prime Minister seems to have been recognised for qualities other than his religion in a state where the Amarinder Singh (Congress) and Prakash Singh Badal (Akali Dal) families have occupied centre stage in recent years.“Manmohan Singh has been the most honest Prime Minister ever. Capability, intellect, integrity are a part of his personality. His elevation (as Prime Minister) is an honour for Sikhs across the world,” says prominent Sikh historian Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon. The ex-professor of Panjab University had prepared a “white paper” for the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) condemning then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Operation Blue Star in the Golden Temple. The SGPC — the highest temporal body of the Sikhs —also appears to have mellowed in its criticism. Days back, its chief, Avtar Singh Makkar, said the Prime Minister “was not a Sikh”, only to retract the next day and say what he meant was that Singh “wasn’t a good Sikh”. Makkar had made the comments when asked about the 1984 riot cases and what Singh had done for the development of Punjab. Even the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Congress’s main rival, has refrained from direct attacks. But some in the party had appeared long-time admirers: Akali MP Sukhdev Singh Libra broke ranks with his party and abstained during the confidence vote for Singh’s government in last July. Libra, later expelled, had said his “conscience didn’t allow him to vote against a Sikh Prime Minister”. For his own party, Singh is the rallying point. Rahul Gandhi dubbed the Prime Minister as Sher-e-Punjab (Lion of Punjab) at a public meeting in Bhatinda earlier this month. All 13 Congress candidates are seeking votes in the name of Singh’s “clean image”. That is their main theme, the other is the alleged corruption in the Akali-led state government.Historian Dhillon goes as far as to say “Manmohan’s name is a great boost to the party in Punjab”. He gives part of the credit to the Congress. “The characteristics of the Congress have gradually changed in the past 25 years as the national party had realised it had to acknowledge regional and linguistic identities, besides the presence of minorities and their role.”The Congress isn’t relying solely on Singh’s “clean image”, though. It has made overtures to the Dera Sacha Sauda, a controversial sect that has a large following in Patiala, Sangrur, Faridkot, Ferozepur and Bhatinda. The sect, whose founder Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had offended many in the community by dressing up as Guru Gobind Singh two years back, hasn’t announced its preference. But in the 2007 state elections, the sect had got its supporters to back the Congress, though the party led by Amarinder was voted out. This time, too, Amarinder has spoken of seeking the support of the Dera. [/QUOTE]
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