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Sikh Clergy To Scrap Nanakshahi Calendar?
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 113776" data-attributes="member: 884"><p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy">Nanakshahi Calendar</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy">High priests mull middle path</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Varinder Singh</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Tribune News Service</span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Amritsar, October 18</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Apparently having realised that the Nanakshahi calendar issue could boomerang in case the widely accepted calendar was withdrawn quietly, the five Sikh high priests led by the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh, have finally sought to resolve the vexed issue by resorting to a middle path by forwarding the calendar to the SGPC for effecting any proposed amendments in it.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">The calendar is now scheduled to be amended or rectified by the Sikh scholars within about two months. The changed calendar is likely to be released on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh on January 5.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">The solar calendar, starting from the birth of Guru Nanak Dev in 1469, was designed by the Sikh scholar, Pal Singh Purewal, and was issued on Baisakhi at Takht Damdama Sahib in 2003. It was open to future amendments, if any.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Meanwhile, various Sikh organisations have flayed the alleged hush-hush move aimed at “revocation” of the calendar or effecting of any “large-scale changes” in it. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">They have urged the Akal Takht to ensure that a unanimous decision was taken on the issue. Opposing any action leading to withdrawal of the calendar or introduction of any changes in it, the American Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee vice- president, Dr Pritpal Singh, and the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief, Paramjit Singh Sarna, have suggested that even a Sarbat Khalsa could be called to discuss the issue at length so as to ensure a consensus on the calendar issue.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">The decision to forward the calendar for amendments or rectifications, if any, was taken at a special meeting of the five Sikh high priests held at the Akal Takht on October 17.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Those who, participated in the meeting, included the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh, the Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, the Takht Kesgarh Sahib Jathedar, Tarlochan Singh, the Takht Patna Sahib Jathedar Iqbal Singh, a representative of the Takht Hazoor Sahib, Jathedar Kulwant Singh, and the SGPC chief Avtar Singh.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Though an effort was made by certain quarters to push for the withdrawal of the calendar at the outset of the meeting, the proposed move was shunned, following stiff opposition to the idea by the Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, who, it was learnt, pitched for unanimity of Sikhs on the issue, highly placed sources said. His unflinching stance, it was learnt, forced the Akal Takht Jathedar and others to forward the calendar to the SGPC for an exhaustive study by the Sikh scholars and calendar experts.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">The idea to bring about any sudden changes in the calendar, it was learnt, was also not taken well by the top SAD leadership.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">The Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh’s written statement, issued on October 18, said to ensure unity among the Sikh Panth, some Panthic organisations and sects had extended certain “valuable” suggestions that have been forwarded to the SGPC. The SGPC would be discussing the issue with Sikh scholars, Panthic organisations and calendar experts and would be submitting its detailed report on the issue to the Akal Takht. The amended calendar would be issued on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">source: <a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091019/punjab.htm#18" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091019/punjab.htm#18</span></a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 113776, member: 884"] [LEFT][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy]Nanakshahi Calendar[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy]High priests mull middle path[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Varinder Singh[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Tribune News Service[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/LEFT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Amritsar, October 18[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Apparently having realised that the Nanakshahi calendar issue could boomerang in case the widely accepted calendar was withdrawn quietly, the five Sikh high priests led by the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh, have finally sought to resolve the vexed issue by resorting to a middle path by forwarding the calendar to the SGPC for effecting any proposed amendments in it.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]The calendar is now scheduled to be amended or rectified by the Sikh scholars within about two months. The changed calendar is likely to be released on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh on January 5.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]The solar calendar, starting from the birth of Guru Nanak Dev in 1469, was designed by the Sikh scholar, Pal Singh Purewal, and was issued on Baisakhi at Takht Damdama Sahib in 2003. It was open to future amendments, if any.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Meanwhile, various Sikh organisations have flayed the alleged hush-hush move aimed at “revocation” of the calendar or effecting of any “large-scale changes” in it. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]They have urged the Akal Takht to ensure that a unanimous decision was taken on the issue. Opposing any action leading to withdrawal of the calendar or introduction of any changes in it, the American Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee vice- president, Dr Pritpal Singh, and the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief, Paramjit Singh Sarna, have suggested that even a Sarbat Khalsa could be called to discuss the issue at length so as to ensure a consensus on the calendar issue.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]The decision to forward the calendar for amendments or rectifications, if any, was taken at a special meeting of the five Sikh high priests held at the Akal Takht on October 17.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Those who, participated in the meeting, included the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh, the Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, the Takht Kesgarh Sahib Jathedar, Tarlochan Singh, the Takht Patna Sahib Jathedar Iqbal Singh, a representative of the Takht Hazoor Sahib, Jathedar Kulwant Singh, and the SGPC chief Avtar Singh.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Though an effort was made by certain quarters to push for the withdrawal of the calendar at the outset of the meeting, the proposed move was shunned, following stiff opposition to the idea by the Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, who, it was learnt, pitched for unanimity of Sikhs on the issue, highly placed sources said. His unflinching stance, it was learnt, forced the Akal Takht Jathedar and others to forward the calendar to the SGPC for an exhaustive study by the Sikh scholars and calendar experts.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]The idea to bring about any sudden changes in the calendar, it was learnt, was also not taken well by the top SAD leadership.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]The Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh’s written statement, issued on October 18, said to ensure unity among the Sikh Panth, some Panthic organisations and sects had extended certain “valuable” suggestions that have been forwarded to the SGPC. The SGPC would be discussing the issue with Sikh scholars, Panthic organisations and calendar experts and would be submitting its detailed report on the issue to the Akal Takht. The amended calendar would be issued on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=#000080]source: [URL="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091019/punjab.htm#18"][FONT=Arial]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091019/punjab.htm#18[/FONT][/URL][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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