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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="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 20929" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="color: darkslategray"><span style="font-size: 18px">'Godfather' Badal stymies Jagir Kaur's chances</span> </span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Chandigarh | November 26, 2005 1:15:14 AM IST </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Controversies, it seems, are never far from Jagir Kaur, the first woman president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) - not even when it comes to another man being appointed as her successor. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Clearly, by not allowing her to be re-elected for a third term, senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has once again shown his clout in the SGPC - considered as the mini-parliament of Sikh religion. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Instead, Badal Wednesday chose to put Avtar Singh Makkar, a little known figure in Sikh and state political circles, at the helm of affairs of the Sikh politico-religious body. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Those following Sikh religious affairs in Punjab say that Badal cleverly weighed his options in booting out Jagir Kaur. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">First, it was to save himself and his party from any embarrassment in the future if she is found guilty by court for the murder of her own daughter. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Second, he sent out a clear signal to Jagir Kaur and others that anyone not toeing his line could not survive in the Sikh political arena for long. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">She was visibly upset Wednesday when she was virtually "dethroned" from the top SGPC post. That the post was given to a little known person, overlooking her claim, must have made her even more annoyed. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">More galling, the role of the SGPC president this time is politically crucial with the Punjab assembly poll scheduled for February 2007 and the Akali Dal relying on the SGPC to influence sections of Sikh voters. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Ironically, Jagir Kaur first came into the limelight in March 1999 when Badal handpicked her to be the first woman president of the SGPC. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Since the SGPC came into being in 1920 - to manage the gurudwaras and control other Sikh affairs - no woman had reached the highest post in the body. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Jagir Kaur was forced to resign from the post just a few months later in April 2000 after she was accused of a conspiracy to murder her own daughter Harpreet Kaur. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Harpreet had married a boy of her choice against the wishes of her mother and was found dead under mysterious circumstances. The murder case trial is on in a Patiala court and the judgment was expected in next few months. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Despite being out of the post, Jagir Kaur remained centrestage in Sikh and Akali politics. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Then, in September last year Badal again got her elected president of the SGPC. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">This time, she landed herself in more controversies and was accused of favouring certain persons by giving management quota seats in SGPC-run educational institutions - especially a medical college in Amritsar - without charging the full amount of fee. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">This led to a loss of several millions of rupees to the SGPC. The Sikh Gurudwara Judicial Commission (SGJC) probed the matter and found her guilty. It ordered her removal from the SGPC president's post this July. She got a reprieve from the state high court to remain in the post. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">She ended up in another controversy when she made a move to allow baptised Sikh women to perform religious ceremonies - something not allowed in the religion's 306-year history. She earned the wrath of male Sikh leaders in the process. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">Jagir Kaur was hoping to get a third term this time as SGPC president, but 'godfather' Badal himself stymied it. </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: darkslategray">(IANS) </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><a href="http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=173146&cat=India" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkslategray">http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=173146&cat=India</span></a><span style="color: darkslategray"> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: darkslategray"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 20929, member: 884"] [B][COLOR=darkslategray][SIZE=5]'Godfather' Badal stymies Jagir Kaur's chances[/SIZE] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=blue] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Chandigarh | November 26, 2005 1:15:14 AM IST [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Controversies, it seems, are never far from Jagir Kaur, the first woman president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) - not even when it comes to another man being appointed as her successor. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Clearly, by not allowing her to be re-elected for a third term, senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has once again shown his clout in the SGPC - considered as the mini-parliament of Sikh religion. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Instead, Badal Wednesday chose to put Avtar Singh Makkar, a little known figure in Sikh and state political circles, at the helm of affairs of the Sikh politico-religious body. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Those following Sikh religious affairs in Punjab say that Badal cleverly weighed his options in booting out Jagir Kaur. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]First, it was to save himself and his party from any embarrassment in the future if she is found guilty by court for the murder of her own daughter. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Second, he sent out a clear signal to Jagir Kaur and others that anyone not toeing his line could not survive in the Sikh political arena for long. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]She was visibly upset Wednesday when she was virtually "dethroned" from the top SGPC post. That the post was given to a little known person, overlooking her claim, must have made her even more annoyed. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]More galling, the role of the SGPC president this time is politically crucial with the Punjab assembly poll scheduled for February 2007 and the Akali Dal relying on the SGPC to influence sections of Sikh voters. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Ironically, Jagir Kaur first came into the limelight in March 1999 when Badal handpicked her to be the first woman president of the SGPC. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Since the SGPC came into being in 1920 - to manage the gurudwaras and control other Sikh affairs - no woman had reached the highest post in the body. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Jagir Kaur was forced to resign from the post just a few months later in April 2000 after she was accused of a conspiracy to murder her own daughter Harpreet Kaur. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Harpreet had married a boy of her choice against the wishes of her mother and was found dead under mysterious circumstances. The murder case trial is on in a Patiala court and the judgment was expected in next few months. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Despite being out of the post, Jagir Kaur remained centrestage in Sikh and Akali politics. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Then, in September last year Badal again got her elected president of the SGPC. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]This time, she landed herself in more controversies and was accused of favouring certain persons by giving management quota seats in SGPC-run educational institutions - especially a medical college in Amritsar - without charging the full amount of fee. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]This led to a loss of several millions of rupees to the SGPC. The Sikh Gurudwara Judicial Commission (SGJC) probed the matter and found her guilty. It ordered her removal from the SGPC president's post this July. She got a reprieve from the state high court to remain in the post. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]She ended up in another controversy when she made a move to allow baptised Sikh women to perform religious ceremonies - something not allowed in the religion's 306-year history. She earned the wrath of male Sikh leaders in the process. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray]Jagir Kaur was hoping to get a third term this time as SGPC president, but 'godfather' Badal himself stymied it. [/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=darkslategray](IANS) [/COLOR][/B] [URL="http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=173146&cat=India"][COLOR=darkslategray]http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=173146&cat=India[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=darkslategray] [/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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