birs

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All eyes are now set on a meeting of Sikh priests convened at Akal Takht on July 22 to discuss the issue of errors in printing of Birs (replicas of the Granth). Various panthic bodies have been putting the blame on Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar for...

CONTROVERSY OVER BIRS Akal Takht chief summons warring parties on July 22 Tribune News Service Amritsar, July 17 Taking serious note of the issue of printing of some ‘birs’ of Guru Granth Sahib by an NRI, the Akal Takht has summoned all the parties involved in the matter during a meeting...

by I P Singh PHAGWARA: The privately published 'birs' of Guru Granth Sahib, using goldenriched ink, which have created a lot of controversy and acrimony between SGPC and Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Managing Committee(DSGMC) because of the printing mistakes, were published in Mumbai and a...

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War over private printing of "birs" intensifies by I P Singh JALANDHAR: The issue of private printing of 'birs' of Guru Granth Sahib with spelling mistakes has taken another embarrassing turn for Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Avtar Singh Makkar as Shiromani Akali Dal...