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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)
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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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SGPC To Clear Doubts On Authenticity Of Guru Gobind Singh Kalgi
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 105393" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: #000000"><strong><span style="color: #000080">source:</span></strong> </span><a href="http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/17503/38/" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/17503/38/</strong></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">SGPC to clear doubts on authenticity of Guru Gobind Singh plume</span></strong> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">RAVINDER SINGH ROBIN </span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Wednesday, 01 July 2009 </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>AMRITSAR:</strong> The doubts have been raised about the authenticity of the Plume (Kalgi) of Guru Gobind Singh brought to Golden Temple.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Sikhs' apex body Shiromani Gurdawara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) has decided to perform carbon dating of the plume of their tenth Guru (spiritual leader), Guru Gobind Singh, brought home from Britain, to establish its authenticity. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">The plume, known as Kalgi in Punjabi language and believed to be belonging to Guru Gobind Singh, was brought back to India on Tuesday (June 30) from Britain after nearly a century.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Members of SGPC on Wednesday said that they would take the help of carbon dating to verify if the relic actually belongs to Guru Gobind Singh.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">"I do not think it is right to presume that this plume is authentic on the basis of history. Today we have scientific methods available through which dating of the plume is possible it," Kiranjot Kaur, an SGPC member said in northern Amritsar, home to the Sikhs' holiest shrine, the Golden Temple.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">The committee officials said they did not mind employing reliable scientific methods to subside any doubts in the minds of devotees.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">"The members of the SGPC are satisfied about the relic but we don't want the devotees to have any doubts in their minds, so we will do that," said SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">The Kalgi has been placed at the Akal Takht in the Golden Temple complex for the time being.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">In the Indian subcontinent, the rulers of yore often wore a Kalgi or plume (a jewelled ornament with one or more feathers) in the front of their turbans.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Among the Sikh Gurus, Guru Gobind Singh, born December 22, 1666 and left his physical body on October 7, 1708, in particular is usually depicted sporting a plume.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Sikhs form about two per cent of India's over one billion population and are largely concentrated in the northern Indian state of Punjab and national capital New Delhi.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 105393, member: 884"] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][COLOR=#000000][B][COLOR=#000080]source:[/COLOR][/B] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/17503/38/"][B]http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/17503/38/[/B][/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000080][B][SIZE=5]SGPC to clear doubts on authenticity of Guru Gobind Singh plume[/SIZE][/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]RAVINDER SINGH ROBIN [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Wednesday, 01 July 2009 [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]AMRITSAR:[/B] The doubts have been raised about the authenticity of the Plume (Kalgi) of Guru Gobind Singh brought to Golden Temple.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Sikhs' apex body Shiromani Gurdawara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) has decided to perform carbon dating of the plume of their tenth Guru (spiritual leader), Guru Gobind Singh, brought home from Britain, to establish its authenticity. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The plume, known as Kalgi in Punjabi language and believed to be belonging to Guru Gobind Singh, was brought back to India on Tuesday (June 30) from Britain after nearly a century.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Members of SGPC on Wednesday said that they would take the help of carbon dating to verify if the relic actually belongs to Guru Gobind Singh.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"I do not think it is right to presume that this plume is authentic on the basis of history. Today we have scientific methods available through which dating of the plume is possible it," Kiranjot Kaur, an SGPC member said in northern Amritsar, home to the Sikhs' holiest shrine, the Golden Temple.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The committee officials said they did not mind employing reliable scientific methods to subside any doubts in the minds of devotees.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]"The members of the SGPC are satisfied about the relic but we don't want the devotees to have any doubts in their minds, so we will do that," said SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The Kalgi has been placed at the Akal Takht in the Golden Temple complex for the time being.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]In the Indian subcontinent, the rulers of yore often wore a Kalgi or plume (a jewelled ornament with one or more feathers) in the front of their turbans.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Among the Sikh Gurus, Guru Gobind Singh, born December 22, 1666 and left his physical body on October 7, 1708, in particular is usually depicted sporting a plume.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Sikhs form about two per cent of India's over one billion population and are largely concentrated in the northern Indian state of Punjab and national capital New Delhi.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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