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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="Vikram singh" data-source="post: 54484" data-attributes="member: 1078"><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong>Every Sikh anywhere in the world recites the same prayer, the same litany, seeking the blessing that he may have a darshan of Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak. And here was this Sikh, the old frail man nearing a century, at the Nankana Sahib. Isher Singh’s prayer is a bit different. Will someone hurry up? He is 99.</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>In 1972, a 65-year-old Isher Singh of Peshawar came to Nankana Sahib – the only place he had heard of where he could hope for some protection after suffering daily humiliation following the Indo-Pak war. Since then, he and his family have been doing sewa at the Sikhism’s premier shrine, the birthplace of its founder Guru Nanak some 60 km southwest of Sheikhupura. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Isher Singh is 97 now. He’s frail, his eyesight is failing him by the day, but he’s hanging on to a hope, hope that he would get to see Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar, a Vatican to the Sikhs, before he dies. He has knocked at many doors, beseeched visiting SGPC and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) leaders, and fired many a missive to the Indian High Commission. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>But a visa for visiting East Punjab has remained elusive. Isher Singh hasn’t given up; in fact, there’s a new gleam in his sunken eyes these days. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>“I had approached your Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh when he came here. He has promised he will take up the matter with the Indian High Commission and with Indian Foreign Ministry,” Isher Singh sounds hopeful. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Amarinder’s political secretary Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi confirmed that the CM is seized of the matter and will be taking it up with the External Affairs Ministry. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Isher’s son Daya Singh is a granthi here, but is doing far more outside his evangelical domain. He helps run the government-registered Guru Nanak Public Model High School where, of the 600 students, 126 are Sikhs. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>If Isher is at times jealous of his son, it’s because Daya Singh has been to Punjab on the other side of the Radcliffe-scrawled line. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>“For decades, my father has served at Guru Nanak’s birthplace. But while I have had darshan of Golden Temple at Khalsa tercentenary, he has never been there in his life. Every Sikh prays every day for a darshan of Nankana Sahib, but my father prays for visiting Amritsar,” Daya Singh told this correspondent. It was difficult to walk the few yards on marble floor. The first week of February is very cold around here. But Isher Singh has not skipped a day in years to get up before the crack of dawn to sweep the parikarma barefoot. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>If the two school kids performing kirtan were totally out of tune with the music, that was understandable. Harbhajan Singh who doubles up as their Punjabi and music teacher, is not even a matriculate, and has not learnt music from anyone. “He could just read the gurmukhi script and play a few notes. Now he’s helping preserve the culture as best as he can,” Daya Singh said.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>For many years after Partition, the Nankana Sahib shrine remained neglected. But as Sikhs trickled in from Peshawar after the 1971 war, daily service started in earnest. Now, Nankana Sahib town ship had 46 families, every single one from Peshawar. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Sikhs here have a strong grouse against the SGPC, and are happy that they now have control over offerings received at the shrine. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Villages around the shrine present a picture of poverty – mud-houses dot the bumpy roads leading to the shrine. Not even 100 yards pass before a gaping pothole threatens to swallow the car. Fortunately, poverty ensures that the locals do not own many cars. </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>“If the cash-rich SGPC, instead of hankering after shrine offerings, had opened a hospital or a school or pumped in some money to improve the lot of locals here, Muslims would have had more respect for Sikhs. What’s the point of saying that we want Sarbat da Bhala if we don’t set an example? Was it not the duty of the so-called leadership of Sikhs to ensure better upkeep of even the 100 yards of road leading to the gurdwara’s main gate?” asked an angry Peshawari Sikh. He said well-known litterateur Dr Tahir Mehmood travelled 100 km everyday for three months to learn gurmukhi script from the gurdwara granthi. “Now he is fit to be called a devotee of Guru Nanak,” he said. At the Master’s birth place, they understand his teachings better. </strong></span><img src="http://www.penmarks.com/Images/Isher.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vikram singh, post: 54484, member: 1078"] [COLOR=#FF0000][B]Every Sikh anywhere in the world recites the same prayer, the same litany, seeking the blessing that he may have a darshan of Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak. And here was this Sikh, the old frail man nearing a century, at the Nankana Sahib. Isher Singh’s prayer is a bit different. Will someone hurry up? He is 99.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][B]In 1972, a 65-year-old Isher Singh of Peshawar came to Nankana Sahib – the only place he had heard of where he could hope for some protection after suffering daily humiliation following the Indo-Pak war. Since then, he and his family have been doing sewa at the Sikhism’s premier shrine, the birthplace of its founder Guru Nanak some 60 km southwest of Sheikhupura. Isher Singh is 97 now. He’s frail, his eyesight is failing him by the day, but he’s hanging on to a hope, hope that he would get to see Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar, a Vatican to the Sikhs, before he dies. He has knocked at many doors, beseeched visiting SGPC and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) leaders, and fired many a missive to the Indian High Commission. But a visa for visiting East Punjab has remained elusive. Isher Singh hasn’t given up; in fact, there’s a new gleam in his sunken eyes these days. “I had approached your Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh when he came here. He has promised he will take up the matter with the Indian High Commission and with Indian Foreign Ministry,” Isher Singh sounds hopeful. Amarinder’s political secretary Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi confirmed that the CM is seized of the matter and will be taking it up with the External Affairs Ministry. Isher’s son Daya Singh is a granthi here, but is doing far more outside his evangelical domain. He helps run the government-registered Guru Nanak Public Model High School where, of the 600 students, 126 are Sikhs. If Isher is at times jealous of his son, it’s because Daya Singh has been to Punjab on the other side of the Radcliffe-scrawled line. “For decades, my father has served at Guru Nanak’s birthplace. But while I have had darshan of Golden Temple at Khalsa tercentenary, he has never been there in his life. Every Sikh prays every day for a darshan of Nankana Sahib, but my father prays for visiting Amritsar,” Daya Singh told this correspondent. It was difficult to walk the few yards on marble floor. The first week of February is very cold around here. But Isher Singh has not skipped a day in years to get up before the crack of dawn to sweep the parikarma barefoot. If the two school kids performing kirtan were totally out of tune with the music, that was understandable. Harbhajan Singh who doubles up as their Punjabi and music teacher, is not even a matriculate, and has not learnt music from anyone. “He could just read the gurmukhi script and play a few notes. Now he’s helping preserve the culture as best as he can,” Daya Singh said. [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF][B]For many years after Partition, the Nankana Sahib shrine remained neglected. But as Sikhs trickled in from Peshawar after the 1971 war, daily service started in earnest. Now, Nankana Sahib town ship had 46 families, every single one from Peshawar. Sikhs here have a strong grouse against the SGPC, and are happy that they now have control over offerings received at the shrine. Villages around the shrine present a picture of poverty – mud-houses dot the bumpy roads leading to the shrine. Not even 100 yards pass before a gaping pothole threatens to swallow the car. Fortunately, poverty ensures that the locals do not own many cars. “If the cash-rich SGPC, instead of hankering after shrine offerings, had opened a hospital or a school or pumped in some money to improve the lot of locals here, Muslims would have had more respect for Sikhs. What’s the point of saying that we want Sarbat da Bhala if we don’t set an example? Was it not the duty of the so-called leadership of Sikhs to ensure better upkeep of even the 100 yards of road leading to the gurdwara’s main gate?” asked an angry Peshawari Sikh. He said well-known litterateur Dr Tahir Mehmood travelled 100 km everyday for three months to learn gurmukhi script from the gurdwara granthi. “Now he is fit to be called a devotee of Guru Nanak,” he said. At the Master’s birth place, they understand his teachings better. [/B][/COLOR][IMG]http://www.penmarks.com/Images/Isher.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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