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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 114455" data-attributes="member: 884"><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy">Akalis inclined to amend Nanakshahi calendar </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">K S Chawla - 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"><strong>Ludhiana, October 29</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Ever since the Nanakshahi calendar was inaugurated in 2003 by the then Jathedar, Akal Takht, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, and the then President, SGPC, Kirpal Singh Badungar, the Sant Samaj has been sulking</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Initially the Sant Samaj got the support of the two takhts -- Patna Sahib and Hazur Sahib. Since the Sant Samaj has its roots in the village Sikh population, it is prone to stick to the established order of rituals. The Sant Samaj is more concerned about the dates of sangrands (first day of the Bikrami month) and Dasvin (10th day of lunar day) and such other dates. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">In view of this, the Sant Samaj has been pressing upon the SGPC to accommodate the lunar dates also. At that time the lunar dates for Guru Nanak’s birthday, Baisakhi and Hola Mohalla were accommodated. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Consequently the solar dates came into clash and it was decided that these dates would be again ascertained… to correct the clashes. Since then no serious efforts were made. Now, when the SGPC general house elections are approaching, the Sant Samaj has put all its pressure on the Akali Dal supremo Prakash Singh Badal and his son, Sukhbir Badal, to get mileage in this controversy. It is electoral considerations that are weighing with the Akalis and they have become inclined to make amendments in the calendar. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">On the other hand, there is a lobby within the Sant Samaj that wants the calendar to be scrapped and replaced by the traditional Bikrami calendar. This is being opposed by the ever-conscious strong section of the Sikhs who always had the separate Sikh identity in focus. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">The problem of such dates was earlier discussed by Karam Singh. Now only Dr Balwant Singh of Guru Nanak Dev University and Dr Kirpal Singh, formerly of Punjabi University, are conversant with the issue. They are not being associated because they had supported the Nanakshahi calendar in 2003, but for making changes, they will have a role to play. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">The Sikh psyche will not accept the wholesale scrapping of the calendar nor the reintroduction of the Bikrami calendar so as to dilute the Nanakshahi calendar. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Avtar Singh Makkar, President, SGPC, admitted that there was pressure from the Sant Samaj and Damdami Taksal to change the calendar. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Makkar, however, said there were some anomalies in the Nanakshahi calendar, which would be corrected in consultation with the Sikh scholars. He pointed out that there was some dispute on the date of birthday of Guru Gobind Singh and four sangrands. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">The SGPC President said the matter was likely to be solved within a month.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 114455, member: 884"] [LEFT][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy]Akalis inclined to amend Nanakshahi calendar [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]K S Chawla - Tribune News Service[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy][B]Ludhiana, October 29[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Ever since the Nanakshahi calendar was inaugurated in 2003 by the then Jathedar, Akal Takht, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, and the then President, SGPC, Kirpal Singh Badungar, the Sant Samaj has been sulking[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Initially the Sant Samaj got the support of the two takhts -- Patna Sahib and Hazur Sahib. Since the Sant Samaj has its roots in the village Sikh population, it is prone to stick to the established order of rituals. The Sant Samaj is more concerned about the dates of sangrands (first day of the Bikrami month) and Dasvin (10th day of lunar day) and such other dates. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]In view of this, the Sant Samaj has been pressing upon the SGPC to accommodate the lunar dates also. At that time the lunar dates for Guru Nanak’s birthday, Baisakhi and Hola Mohalla were accommodated. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Consequently the solar dates came into clash and it was decided that these dates would be again ascertained… to correct the clashes. Since then no serious efforts were made. Now, when the SGPC general house elections are approaching, the Sant Samaj has put all its pressure on the Akali Dal supremo Prakash Singh Badal and his son, Sukhbir Badal, to get mileage in this controversy. It is electoral considerations that are weighing with the Akalis and they have become inclined to make amendments in the calendar. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]On the other hand, there is a lobby within the Sant Samaj that wants the calendar to be scrapped and replaced by the traditional Bikrami calendar. This is being opposed by the ever-conscious strong section of the Sikhs who always had the separate Sikh identity in focus. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]The problem of such dates was earlier discussed by Karam Singh. Now only Dr Balwant Singh of Guru Nanak Dev University and Dr Kirpal Singh, formerly of Punjabi University, are conversant with the issue. They are not being associated because they had supported the Nanakshahi calendar in 2003, but for making changes, they will have a role to play. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]The Sikh psyche will not accept the wholesale scrapping of the calendar nor the reintroduction of the Bikrami calendar so as to dilute the Nanakshahi calendar. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Avtar Singh Makkar, President, SGPC, admitted that there was pressure from the Sant Samaj and Damdami Taksal to change the calendar. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Makkar, however, said there were some anomalies in the Nanakshahi calendar, which would be corrected in consultation with the Sikh scholars. He pointed out that there was some dispute on the date of birthday of Guru Gobind Singh and four sangrands. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]The SGPC President said the matter was likely to be solved within a month.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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