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Composition, Arrangement & Layout
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: 142087" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>This article is part of a community-wide centennial celebrations honouring the building of the National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple (est. 1911). These centenary celebrations bring to the forefront the efforts of those first Sikh pioneers who helped to build our community. The Abbotsford News will be publishing a monthly article to correspond with a decade of Sikh Pioneer and Indo-Canadian history in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, and Canada.</p><p></p><p>Beginnings: 1900-1910</p><p></p><p>The first Sikhs to ever arrive in B.C. were on an official trip as part of the Hong Kong army regiments who were travelling through Canada in commemoration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897.</p><p></p><p>Following this initial visit, a second contingent of Punjabi soldiers visited British Columbia in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. Arriving in Victoria on the Empress of Japan, on June 3, 1902, and led by Sardar Major Kadir Khan Bahadur, it was this group of South Asians who became intrigued at the possibilities of residing in B.C. The larger community tended to treat the Punjabi soldiers with respect, as papers exclaimed, “Turbaned Men Excite Interest: Awe inspiring men from India held the crowds.”</p><p></p><p>The first few Sikhs arrived in the Fraser Valley from Punjab, India in 1905 and settled in the Valley by working on the farms and in the forestry industry. Almost all the men who arrived in B.C. worked in labour industries such as forestry, fishing and the railway. On average, these men earned from $1 to $1.25 a day, which was less than the pay received by Caucasian workers. Wages being so low and discrimination rampant, most South Asian men lived together, with often between 20 to 50 men living under the same roof.</p><p></p><p>The Abbotsford Lumber Company owned by the Trethewey family, employed many of these Sikh workers who first came to the Fraser Valley. It was the Trethewey family who also donated the lumber, which was carried on the backs of Sikh men, so that they could begin the construction of the first Sikh Temple in the Fraser Valley, today designated as the National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple, located on South Fraser Way.</p><p></p><p>After 1906, South Asian migration into B.C. increased, and the racial tensions which had for those early years remained at bay also became a reality. That year some 700 South Asians arrived, and the Canadian government took notice. Furthermore, because employers preferred to hire Punjabis due to their work ethics and lower pay, many Caucasian workers resented their presence in Canada. Racial chaos ensued from 1906 onward, as South Asians were laid off from work, barred from public facilities, evicted, physically abused by people and the police, as well as in the local press. </p><p></p><p>On Jan. 8, 1908, an Order-in-Council required any immigrant entering Canada to arrive on a continuous journey from his or her country of origin. This ban hit the South Asians and Japanese immigrants hardest, hindering the wives and children of even those men who already lived in Canada, from immigrating. As we will see in the next article, the continuous journey legislation formed the backdrop of one of the darkest episodes in Canadian history, The Komagata Maru tragedy.</p><p></p><p>– Submitted by Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, UFV.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/community/115975944.html" target="_blank">http://www.bclocalnews.com/community/115975944.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 142087, member: 35"] This article is part of a community-wide centennial celebrations honouring the building of the National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple (est. 1911). These centenary celebrations bring to the forefront the efforts of those first Sikh pioneers who helped to build our community. The Abbotsford News will be publishing a monthly article to correspond with a decade of Sikh Pioneer and Indo-Canadian history in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, and Canada. Beginnings: 1900-1910 The first Sikhs to ever arrive in B.C. were on an official trip as part of the Hong Kong army regiments who were travelling through Canada in commemoration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Following this initial visit, a second contingent of Punjabi soldiers visited British Columbia in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. Arriving in Victoria on the Empress of Japan, on June 3, 1902, and led by Sardar Major Kadir Khan Bahadur, it was this group of South Asians who became intrigued at the possibilities of residing in B.C. The larger community tended to treat the Punjabi soldiers with respect, as papers exclaimed, “Turbaned Men Excite Interest: Awe inspiring men from India held the crowds.” The first few Sikhs arrived in the Fraser Valley from Punjab, India in 1905 and settled in the Valley by working on the farms and in the forestry industry. Almost all the men who arrived in B.C. worked in labour industries such as forestry, fishing and the railway. On average, these men earned from $1 to $1.25 a day, which was less than the pay received by Caucasian workers. Wages being so low and discrimination rampant, most South Asian men lived together, with often between 20 to 50 men living under the same roof. The Abbotsford Lumber Company owned by the Trethewey family, employed many of these Sikh workers who first came to the Fraser Valley. It was the Trethewey family who also donated the lumber, which was carried on the backs of Sikh men, so that they could begin the construction of the first Sikh Temple in the Fraser Valley, today designated as the National Historic Site Gur Sikh Temple, located on South Fraser Way. After 1906, South Asian migration into B.C. increased, and the racial tensions which had for those early years remained at bay also became a reality. That year some 700 South Asians arrived, and the Canadian government took notice. Furthermore, because employers preferred to hire Punjabis due to their work ethics and lower pay, many Caucasian workers resented their presence in Canada. Racial chaos ensued from 1906 onward, as South Asians were laid off from work, barred from public facilities, evicted, physically abused by people and the police, as well as in the local press. On Jan. 8, 1908, an Order-in-Council required any immigrant entering Canada to arrive on a continuous journey from his or her country of origin. This ban hit the South Asians and Japanese immigrants hardest, hindering the wives and children of even those men who already lived in Canada, from immigrating. As we will see in the next article, the continuous journey legislation formed the backdrop of one of the darkest episodes in Canadian history, The Komagata Maru tragedy. – Submitted by Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, Centre for Indo Canadian Studies, UFV. [url]http://www.bclocalnews.com/community/115975944.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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