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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 152901" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>By Veeno Dewan</p><p></p><p>The B.C. education ministry is looking into why an independent school unexpectedly closed its doors on the first day of classes.</p><p></p><p>Gates to the school – Guru Nanak Elementary School in south Vancouver – were locked when students arrived on Tuesday. About 75 students as young as five years old were standing outside the school on Southeast Marine Drive holding signs saying “Save our school” on what they expected would be their first day of classes.</p><p></p><p>Officials with the Khalsa Diwan Society in Vancouver, which owns the land and the building, said the executive voted on Monday to close the school.</p><p>A representative of the society said the operators of the school were warned two years ago that the lease would not be renewed after it expired last year.</p><p>Devinder Maan, the principal of the school, disputed the claim, saying he was given verbal assurances the school would be allowed to open this year.</p><p></p><p>“I am just shocked whereas Sikh community is already struggling to promote culture, religion and moral values and now this education institution is being shut down by Khalsa Diwan Society. Parents are upset and very anxious about it and are looking for an answer from Khalsa Diwan Society executives,” said Maan in a statement on Monday night.</p><p></p><p>Maan, who helped found the school in 2005, said he was “shocked” when the Khalsa Diwan Society voted 7-6 on Monday night to close the school, with virtually no warning to parents.</p><p></p><p>Sikh community members said the school has been caught between two rival factions at the temple society who are locked in bitter disputes on a number of issues.</p><p></p><p>“It is not about money, because the school offered to pay more on our lease and it’s not political because we don’t get involved in petty temple politics,” said Maan, who spent Tuesday in discussion with B.C.’s education ministry and the Khalsa Diwan society, the school’s landlord.</p><p></p><p>“We teach the B.C. curriculum as well as Sikh language and culture and we have a very good ranking. We asked Khalsa Diwan for a 10-month extension on our lease so we could find another space but they voted against us.”</p><p></p><p>The facility is a “group one” independent school that gets 50 per cent of its funding from the province, ministry spokeswoman Jennifer McCrea said on Tuesday. The school, which has about 70 students, received $240,000 in provincial funds last year and had been certified to operate until 2017.</p><p>The ministry was not given advance notice of the closure and is seeking details from the board that runs the school, Ms. McCrea said.</p><p></p><p>If the school does not re-open, students are expected to enroll in other independent schools or public schools in the area. The school, approved by the B.C. Education Ministry to operate until at least 2014, offers the provincial curriculum along with specialized cultural Sikh studies.</p><p></p><p>Parents and Maan had hoped the school could be kept open on compassionate grounds to help students who do not yet have a school placement this year.</p><p></p><p>B.C. public schools opened on Tuesday for the first day of class as the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation began job action, including cutting back on administrative duties. The teachers’ five-year contract expired in June.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.voiceonline.com/2011/09/10/why-didn%E2%80%99t-sikh-independent-school-re-open-in-vancouver604/" target="_blank">http://www.voiceonline.com/2011/09/10/why-didn’t-sikh-independent-school-re-open-in-vancouver604/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 152901, member: 35"] By Veeno Dewan The B.C. education ministry is looking into why an independent school unexpectedly closed its doors on the first day of classes. Gates to the school – Guru Nanak Elementary School in south Vancouver – were locked when students arrived on Tuesday. About 75 students as young as five years old were standing outside the school on Southeast Marine Drive holding signs saying “Save our school” on what they expected would be their first day of classes. Officials with the Khalsa Diwan Society in Vancouver, which owns the land and the building, said the executive voted on Monday to close the school. A representative of the society said the operators of the school were warned two years ago that the lease would not be renewed after it expired last year. Devinder Maan, the principal of the school, disputed the claim, saying he was given verbal assurances the school would be allowed to open this year. “I am just shocked whereas Sikh community is already struggling to promote culture, religion and moral values and now this education institution is being shut down by Khalsa Diwan Society. Parents are upset and very anxious about it and are looking for an answer from Khalsa Diwan Society executives,” said Maan in a statement on Monday night. Maan, who helped found the school in 2005, said he was “shocked” when the Khalsa Diwan Society voted 7-6 on Monday night to close the school, with virtually no warning to parents. Sikh community members said the school has been caught between two rival factions at the temple society who are locked in bitter disputes on a number of issues. “It is not about money, because the school offered to pay more on our lease and it’s not political because we don’t get involved in petty temple politics,” said Maan, who spent Tuesday in discussion with B.C.’s education ministry and the Khalsa Diwan society, the school’s landlord. “We teach the B.C. curriculum as well as Sikh language and culture and we have a very good ranking. We asked Khalsa Diwan for a 10-month extension on our lease so we could find another space but they voted against us.” The facility is a “group one” independent school that gets 50 per cent of its funding from the province, ministry spokeswoman Jennifer McCrea said on Tuesday. The school, which has about 70 students, received $240,000 in provincial funds last year and had been certified to operate until 2017. The ministry was not given advance notice of the closure and is seeking details from the board that runs the school, Ms. McCrea said. If the school does not re-open, students are expected to enroll in other independent schools or public schools in the area. The school, approved by the B.C. Education Ministry to operate until at least 2014, offers the provincial curriculum along with specialized cultural Sikh studies. Parents and Maan had hoped the school could be kept open on compassionate grounds to help students who do not yet have a school placement this year. B.C. public schools opened on Tuesday for the first day of class as the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation began job action, including cutting back on administrative duties. The teachers’ five-year contract expired in June. [url]http://www.voiceonline.com/2011/09/10/why-didn%E2%80%99t-sikh-independent-school-re-open-in-vancouver604/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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