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Pahre (74-78)
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Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
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Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
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Kaafee (365-409)
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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)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
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Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
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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)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 140625" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: #002060"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Calendar row: Jathedar slams Vedanti for airing views, spreading doubt</span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060">Express News Service</span></strong><span style="color: #002060"> Posted online: Wed Jan 19 2011, 01:12 hrs </span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: #002060">Amritsar : </span></strong><span style="color: #002060">Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh today said his predecessor Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti should show restraint on the subject of Nanakshahi Calendar. Gurbachan Singh took exception to Vedanti’s remarks about the calendar made on Monday.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">The Jathedar said Vedanti himself had been on the supreme ‘temporal seat of Sikhs’ for long and must be well-versed in the Sikh Maryada (code of conduct) and should abide by the same.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">In a written statement issued here, Jathedar Gurbachan Singh said Jathedar Vedanti had violated the Maryada by releasing the Calendar in defiance of the Takht, which does not behove him. "You had been on the post for eight long years and know about the Sikh Maryada," wrote Jathedar Gurbachan Singh, adding that no arbitrary ‘amendments’ were made in the calendar, only some ‘improvements’ were made as per the wishes of the Sikh Sangat.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">"All decisions from the Takht are taken after consultations with the jathedars of five Sikh Takhts, keeping in mind the larger interests of the Panth," he said, adding that Jathedar Vedanti’s statement on the issue that only the original version of the Calendar should be followed has no significance as he is no more on the seat of Jathedar. "After retirement, any judge cannot pass any judgment," Gurbachan Singh said, adding that Vedanti should not give any statement on the matter and create doubts in the minds of the people over the issue.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Jathedar Vedanti had flayed the ‘amendments’ made in the Calendar yesterday saying the same were leading to confusion over dates of Gurpurabs and other Sikh historical days. He said it was during his tenure as jathedar that the Calendar was adopted in 2003 following prolonged debates within Sikh society and any changes made were ‘useless’. Jathedar Gurbachan said that the originality of the Calendar has not been tampered with. "The improvements in the Calendar were made after an 11- member committee of experts made suggestions," said the Jathedar.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">On the other hand, Sikh thinkers and former SGPC Secretary and Minister Manjit Singh Calcutta, who is close to Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee Chief Paramjit Singh Sarna, supported Vedanti saying the Nanakshahi calendar had been amended with ‘ulterior motives’ by the Jathedars. He said the issue should not be made personal and the focus should be to maintain the originality of the calendar.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #002060">Dal Khalsa General Secretary Kanwarpal Singh also released a statement here that Jathedar Vedanti had rightly taken up the matter to sustain the original version of the Calendar.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #002060"><strong>source:</strong> </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Calendar-row--Jathedar-slams-Vedanti-for-airing-views--spreading-doubt/739174/" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="color: #002060">http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Calendar-row--Jathedar-slams-Vedanti-for-airing-views--spreading-doubt/739174/</span></span></span></span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 140625, member: 884"] [COLOR=#002060][B][SIZE=5]Calendar row: Jathedar slams Vedanti for airing views, spreading doubt[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#002060]Express News Service[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#002060] Posted online: Wed Jan 19 2011, 01:12 hrs [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#002060]Amritsar : [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#002060]Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh today said his predecessor Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti should show restraint on the subject of Nanakshahi Calendar. Gurbachan Singh took exception to Vedanti’s remarks about the calendar made on Monday.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]The Jathedar said Vedanti himself had been on the supreme ‘temporal seat of Sikhs’ for long and must be well-versed in the Sikh Maryada (code of conduct) and should abide by the same.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]In a written statement issued here, Jathedar Gurbachan Singh said Jathedar Vedanti had violated the Maryada by releasing the Calendar in defiance of the Takht, which does not behove him. "You had been on the post for eight long years and know about the Sikh Maryada," wrote Jathedar Gurbachan Singh, adding that no arbitrary ‘amendments’ were made in the calendar, only some ‘improvements’ were made as per the wishes of the Sikh Sangat.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]"All decisions from the Takht are taken after consultations with the jathedars of five Sikh Takhts, keeping in mind the larger interests of the Panth," he said, adding that Jathedar Vedanti’s statement on the issue that only the original version of the Calendar should be followed has no significance as he is no more on the seat of Jathedar. "After retirement, any judge cannot pass any judgment," Gurbachan Singh said, adding that Vedanti should not give any statement on the matter and create doubts in the minds of the people over the issue.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Jathedar Vedanti had flayed the ‘amendments’ made in the Calendar yesterday saying the same were leading to confusion over dates of Gurpurabs and other Sikh historical days. He said it was during his tenure as jathedar that the Calendar was adopted in 2003 following prolonged debates within Sikh society and any changes made were ‘useless’. Jathedar Gurbachan said that the originality of the Calendar has not been tampered with. "The improvements in the Calendar were made after an 11- member committee of experts made suggestions," said the Jathedar.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]On the other hand, Sikh thinkers and former SGPC Secretary and Minister Manjit Singh Calcutta, who is close to Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee Chief Paramjit Singh Sarna, supported Vedanti saying the Nanakshahi calendar had been amended with ‘ulterior motives’ by the Jathedars. He said the issue should not be made personal and the focus should be to maintain the originality of the calendar.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#002060]Dal Khalsa General Secretary Kanwarpal Singh also released a statement here that Jathedar Vedanti had rightly taken up the matter to sustain the original version of the Calendar.[/COLOR] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][SIZE=2][COLOR=#002060][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Calendar-row--Jathedar-slams-Vedanti-for-airing-views--spreading-doubt/739174/"][U][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#002060]http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Calendar-row--Jathedar-slams-Vedanti-for-airing-views--spreading-doubt/739174/[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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