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Lost in Partition, the Sikh-Muslim connection comes alive in the tale of Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana A descendant of the guru’s Muslim disciple speaks of the importance of the rubabi tradition in Sikhism. “Why weren’t the Muslim rubabi protected? They held such high status in Sikhism? Why were...

Punjabi University claims Bhai Mardana's rabab 'reconstructed' ByParvesh Sharma - Mar 18, 2013, 07.04 AM IST PATIALA: After a research that lasted for over eight years, Punjabi University in Patiala has finally brought to life the 'real' rabab, the musical instrument Guru Nanak Dev's...

Inside Harimandir, 1854 (a painting, by William Carpenter) Come and sit at the navel of the earth, The birth-place of the Adi-Granth. See winter shawls, each down-flowing turban. The sangat listening; the four doors are open. Rababi art expounds the Guru's Word, Praise of the Name ascending...