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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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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)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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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)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 115526" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: #000080">Surrey North Delta Leader</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">Youth slate wins Surrey temple election</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000080">Boaz Joseph / Surrey Leader</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">By </span><a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/breaking_news/mailto:newsroom@surryeleader.com?subject=Surrey North Delta Leader - Youth slate wins Surrey temple election" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Black Press - Surrey North Delta Leader</span></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Published: November 16, 2009 1:00 AM</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Updated: November 16, 2009 1:39 AM</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Preliminary results show members of the Guru Nanak Sikh temple in Surrey appear to have opted for change, voting in the Sikh Youth slate led by Bikramjit Singh Sandhar and voting out the group led by Harjinder Singh (“Thana”) Cheema that has controlled the second-largest gurdwara in North America (after the Ross Street Temple in Vancouver) for over a decade.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Unofficial results of the Sunday vote were posted online early Monday morning showing 13,000 ballots were cast for Sikh Youth, and 7,000 for the Cheema slate.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">It was the second victory for the youth slate.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">Last year, they defeated the incumbents when rivals Balwant Singh Gill, the then-president, and board member Sadhu Singh Samra ran separate campaigns and split the vote.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">As a result, the upstart Sikh Youth slate won with 5,900 votes, beating the group led by Gill, which came in second with 4,747 votes, while the slate led by Samra was third with 3,947 votes.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Of the roughly 21,000 temple members who were eligible to vote, 14,594 participated.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">The newly elected board of directors appeared ready to revisit a bitter controversy over the use of chairs and tables in the communal dining area of the temple.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The incoming president, Amardeep Singh, said the temple would obey the religion's highest authorities who believe community meals should be consumed sitting on the floor to show humility and keep everyone on the same level.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">However, "accommodations" – seats and tables – would be allowed for people too old or ill to sit on the floor.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">It was that issue that led to a violent clash at the Guru Nanak temple in 1997 and the departure of many followers who founded a rival temple, the Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000080">It also resulted in the excommunication of Gill and five others by religious authorities in India.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The debate was not revived, however, because of a legal challenge launched by the losers of the 2008 vote, who accused the winning slate of using improperly filled-out nomination forms.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Given a choice between holding another election at the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, or a drawn-out and expensive court fight over the November 2008 results, the rival groups reached an agreement to hold a second vote at the Scott Road gurdwara on Nov. 15.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">newsroom@surreyleader.com</span></p><p><span style="color: #999"><span style="color: #000080">v2</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><img src="http://images.clickability.com/pti/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Find this article at:</span></span></strong> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/breaking_news/70172762.html" target="_blank">Surrey Leader - Youth slate wins Surrey temple election</a> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 115526, member: 884"] [COLOR=#000080]Surrey North Delta Leader[/COLOR] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080]Youth slate wins Surrey temple election[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [LEFT][COLOR=#000080]Boaz Joseph / Surrey Leader[/COLOR][/LEFT] [COLOR=#000080]By [/COLOR][URL="http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/breaking_news/mailto:newsroom@surryeleader.com?subject=Surrey North Delta Leader - Youth slate wins Surrey temple election"][COLOR=#000080]Black Press - Surrey North Delta Leader[/COLOR][/URL] [COLOR=#000080]Published: November 16, 2009 1:00 AM[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Updated: November 16, 2009 1:39 AM[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Preliminary results show members of the Guru Nanak Sikh temple in Surrey appear to have opted for change, voting in the Sikh Youth slate led by Bikramjit Singh Sandhar and voting out the group led by Harjinder Singh (“Thana”) Cheema that has controlled the second-largest gurdwara in North America (after the Ross Street Temple in Vancouver) for over a decade.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Unofficial results of the Sunday vote were posted online early Monday morning showing 13,000 ballots were cast for Sikh Youth, and 7,000 for the Cheema slate.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]It was the second victory for the youth slate.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Last year, they defeated the incumbents when rivals Balwant Singh Gill, the then-president, and board member Sadhu Singh Samra ran separate campaigns and split the vote.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]As a result, the upstart Sikh Youth slate won with 5,900 votes, beating the group led by Gill, which came in second with 4,747 votes, while the slate led by Samra was third with 3,947 votes.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Of the roughly 21,000 temple members who were eligible to vote, 14,594 participated.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The newly elected board of directors appeared ready to revisit a bitter controversy over the use of chairs and tables in the communal dining area of the temple.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The incoming president, Amardeep Singh, said the temple would obey the religion's highest authorities who believe community meals should be consumed sitting on the floor to show humility and keep everyone on the same level.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]However, "accommodations" – seats and tables – would be allowed for people too old or ill to sit on the floor.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]It was that issue that led to a violent clash at the Guru Nanak temple in 1997 and the departure of many followers who founded a rival temple, the Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]It also resulted in the excommunication of Gill and five others by religious authorities in India.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The debate was not revived, however, because of a legal challenge launched by the losers of the 2008 vote, who accused the winning slate of using improperly filled-out nomination forms.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Given a choice between holding another election at the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, or a drawn-out and expensive court fight over the November 2008 results, the rival groups reached an agreement to hold a second vote at the Scott Road gurdwara on Nov. 15.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]newsroom@surreyleader.com[/COLOR] [COLOR=#999][COLOR=#000080]v2[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://images.clickability.com/pti/spacer.gif[/IMG][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Find this article at:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][URL="http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/breaking_news/70172762.html"]Surrey Leader - Youth slate wins Surrey temple election[/URL] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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