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Gurbani (14-53)
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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)
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Thintteen (343-344)
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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)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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Anand (917-922)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 189184" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore visited Sikh temple during Vancouver visit</strong></p><p></p><p>by Charlie Smith on Aug 9, 2013 at 3:55 pm</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.straight.com/life/408561/nobel-prize-winner-rabindranath-tagore-visited-sikh-temple-during-vancouver-visit" target="_blank">http://www.straight.com/life/408561/nobel-prize-winner-rabindranath-tagore-visited-sikh-temple-during-vancouver-visit</a></p><p></p><p>Rabindranath Tagore (seated centre) visited the West 2nd Avenue gurdwara in 1929.</p><p></p><p>Bengali poet, essayist, and songwriter Rabindranath Tagore was a literary giant of the early 20th century, becoming the first non-European ever to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.</p><p></p><p>And according to local cultural historian Naveen Girn, he visited the West 2nd Avenue Sikh temple when he visited Vancouver in 1929.</p><p></p><p>Girn, research curator of the Surrey Art Gallery, told the Georgia Straight that while Tagore was at the temple (which is now on Ross Street), a photograph was taken of him surrounded by local admirers.</p><p></p><p>"The community knew he was coming," Girn revealed. "They brought together different community leaders—some from the island, and from Vancouver, and also Reverend [Charles Freer] Andrews."</p><p></p><p>Andrews, an Anglican priest, was a supporter of South Asians' right to vote and the Indian independence movement. He was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi and was portrayed in Richard Attenborough's biopic of the Indian independence leader.</p><p></p><p>Tagore was aware of Ghadar activists</p><p></p><p>This year marks the centenary of Tagore winning the Nobel Prize in 1913.</p><p></p><p>It's also the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Ghadar party of Indian independence activists along the west coast of North America. Several went back to India to support an armed struggle to try to force the British out of India.</p><p></p><p>"They passed articles by Tagore, too," Girn said. "They were very proud of him because he was a Nobel laureate."</p><p></p><p>The following year, Canadian immigration officials refused to allow more than 350 South Asian passengers on the Komagata Maru to disembark in Vancouver. The ship was sent back to India, where several were shot by British soldiers.</p><p></p><p>Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 after British Brig.-Gen. Reginald Dyer oversaw the massacre of peaceful demonstrators at the Jallianwala Bagh Garden in Amritsar in 1919.</p><p></p><p>This official death toll was 379 and another 1,100 were reported wounded. To this day, Britain has refused to apologize for the mass shooting, which was depicted in Attenborough's film.</p><p></p><p>Nehru also dropped by the temple</p><p></p><p>The Hotel Vancouver hosted then-Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira (a future prime minister) when they visited Vancouver in November 1949.</p><p></p><p>"He came to Vancouver because he knew about the community here," Girn said. "He knew about the Komagata Maru; he knew about the Ghadar party. They had been sending him updates about what was happening in the community."</p><p></p><p>Girn said that Nehru also spoke at the West 2nd Avenue gurdwara during his visit.</p><p></p><p>"He talks in the speech about the assassination of Gandhiji [Mahatma Gandhi], partition, and how South Asians living in Canada need to take an active life in Canadian life and not to ghettoize themselves. So before [Pierre] Trudeau, he’s talking about this idea of multiculturalism and how people should live together."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 189184, member: 35"] [B]Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore visited Sikh temple during Vancouver visit[/B] by Charlie Smith on Aug 9, 2013 at 3:55 pm [url]http://www.straight.com/life/408561/nobel-prize-winner-rabindranath-tagore-visited-sikh-temple-during-vancouver-visit[/url] Rabindranath Tagore (seated centre) visited the West 2nd Avenue gurdwara in 1929. Bengali poet, essayist, and songwriter Rabindranath Tagore was a literary giant of the early 20th century, becoming the first non-European ever to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. And according to local cultural historian Naveen Girn, he visited the West 2nd Avenue Sikh temple when he visited Vancouver in 1929. Girn, research curator of the Surrey Art Gallery, told the Georgia Straight that while Tagore was at the temple (which is now on Ross Street), a photograph was taken of him surrounded by local admirers. "The community knew he was coming," Girn revealed. "They brought together different community leaders—some from the island, and from Vancouver, and also Reverend [Charles Freer] Andrews." Andrews, an Anglican priest, was a supporter of South Asians' right to vote and the Indian independence movement. He was a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi and was portrayed in Richard Attenborough's biopic of the Indian independence leader. Tagore was aware of Ghadar activists This year marks the centenary of Tagore winning the Nobel Prize in 1913. It's also the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Ghadar party of Indian independence activists along the west coast of North America. Several went back to India to support an armed struggle to try to force the British out of India. "They passed articles by Tagore, too," Girn said. "They were very proud of him because he was a Nobel laureate." The following year, Canadian immigration officials refused to allow more than 350 South Asian passengers on the Komagata Maru to disembark in Vancouver. The ship was sent back to India, where several were shot by British soldiers. Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 after British Brig.-Gen. Reginald Dyer oversaw the massacre of peaceful demonstrators at the Jallianwala Bagh Garden in Amritsar in 1919. This official death toll was 379 and another 1,100 were reported wounded. To this day, Britain has refused to apologize for the mass shooting, which was depicted in Attenborough's film. Nehru also dropped by the temple The Hotel Vancouver hosted then-Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira (a future prime minister) when they visited Vancouver in November 1949. "He came to Vancouver because he knew about the community here," Girn said. "He knew about the Komagata Maru; he knew about the Ghadar party. They had been sending him updates about what was happening in the community." Girn said that Nehru also spoke at the West 2nd Avenue gurdwara during his visit. "He talks in the speech about the assassination of Gandhiji [Mahatma Gandhi], partition, and how South Asians living in Canada need to take an active life in Canadian life and not to ghettoize themselves. So before [Pierre] Trudeau, he’s talking about this idea of multiculturalism and how people should live together." [/QUOTE]
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