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Gurbani (696-703)
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Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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Gurbani (1125-1152)
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Gurbani (1197-1200)
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Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 114013" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Nanakshahi Calendar intact, Jathedars dither</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">AMRITSAR: In a move that smacked of some behind-the-scenes pressure tactics, the Five Singh Sahibans of the community huddled together at the Akal Takht Sahib on Diwali day, to review the Nanakshahi Calendar adopted after much discussion and approval by the Sikh nation in 2003. That they were unable to do so is no credit to them. The heroes of that day were Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh of Takht Damdama Sahib and the activists of the Sikh Diaspora in the United States, who smelled the rat and cried ho{censored} throughout that day to all and sundry to stall the move. And stalled they did. </span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is not difficult to speculate who was working overtime with SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar and special secretary to the Chief Minister Daljit Singh Cheema visiting Amritsar the following day to evolve some face saving decision from the Jathedars as the meeting spilled over to the next day. </span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">What was the rationale for taking this step where the Jathedars showed themselves in bad light and the Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib, Giani Gurbachan Singh had to issue a kind of clarification the following day? Whether the meeting was held to scrap the calendar or to amend it, why do such acts surreptitiously? What was the grand hurry to do so on Bandi Chorr Diwas? </span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">As a face saving measure, the Jathedars referred the issue, on whose complaint, we still don’t know to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, where it should have gone in the first place. It is time for the Diaspora Sikhs and those in the homeland to ensure that before 25 December, Sikhs flood the SGPC with suggestions and submissions for upholding the historic Nanakshahi Calendar, which is one major achievement of the Sikhs in the last many decades which reinforces the unique identity of the Sikh people. </span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I have spoken to Pal Singh Purewal, the chief architect of the calendar, during my trip to Edmonton a couple of months back and he is categorical about the reasons for disparities in some dates. He said, “What I had done in totality was not accepted and therefore some portions remain unclear, if they allow me my full say, the calendar can be fool-proof”. </span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">There is no doubt that though the government of India, the government of Punjab and all other major Sikh institutions too have adopted and adapted the calendar for working days and holidays, the Sikh institutions of Patna and Nanded, the ubiquitous Sants and Deras of Punjab are still not content with the change of dates from the earlier Bikrami calendar. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Members of the Sikh Youth of America were quick to react through phones and emails to the SGPC and Akal Takht Sahib, whereas Dal Khalsa submitted a memorandum seeking a meeting of the Panthic Committee that was formed for finalizing and adoption of the calendar. Dr. Pritpal Singh of the American Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and former SGPC secretary Manjit Singh Calcutta chided the SGPC and the Jathedars for tampering with the institution of the calendar and said that under no circumstances would they allow this to happen. </span> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sikh scholar and writer Dr. Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon also raised his voice against the move, whereas the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, who is suspected to be behind the move, issued a clarification that “they were not interested in the Nanakshahi Calendar at all.” </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Come 5 January next year and we would know whether our Jathedars will still succumb to pressure or uphold the dignity and honour of the highest institution of the Sikhs. The ball is in the court of the Sikh Sangat. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 114013, member: 1"] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5]Nanakshahi Calendar intact, Jathedars dither[/SIZE] [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]AMRITSAR: In a move that smacked of some behind-the-scenes pressure tactics, the Five Singh Sahibans of the community huddled together at the Akal Takht Sahib on Diwali day, to review the Nanakshahi Calendar adopted after much discussion and approval by the Sikh nation in 2003. That they were unable to do so is no credit to them. The heroes of that day were Jathedar Balwant Singh Nandgarh of Takht Damdama Sahib and the activists of the Sikh Diaspora in the United States, who smelled the rat and cried ho{censored} throughout that day to all and sundry to stall the move. And stalled they did. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]It is not difficult to speculate who was working overtime with SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar and special secretary to the Chief Minister Daljit Singh Cheema visiting Amritsar the following day to evolve some face saving decision from the Jathedars as the meeting spilled over to the next day. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]What was the rationale for taking this step where the Jathedars showed themselves in bad light and the Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib, Giani Gurbachan Singh had to issue a kind of clarification the following day? Whether the meeting was held to scrap the calendar or to amend it, why do such acts surreptitiously? What was the grand hurry to do so on Bandi Chorr Diwas? [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]As a face saving measure, the Jathedars referred the issue, on whose complaint, we still don’t know to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, where it should have gone in the first place. It is time for the Diaspora Sikhs and those in the homeland to ensure that before 25 December, Sikhs flood the SGPC with suggestions and submissions for upholding the historic Nanakshahi Calendar, which is one major achievement of the Sikhs in the last many decades which reinforces the unique identity of the Sikh people. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]I have spoken to Pal Singh Purewal, the chief architect of the calendar, during my trip to Edmonton a couple of months back and he is categorical about the reasons for disparities in some dates. He said, “What I had done in totality was not accepted and therefore some portions remain unclear, if they allow me my full say, the calendar can be fool-proof”. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]There is no doubt that though the government of India, the government of Punjab and all other major Sikh institutions too have adopted and adapted the calendar for working days and holidays, the Sikh institutions of Patna and Nanded, the ubiquitous Sants and Deras of Punjab are still not content with the change of dates from the earlier Bikrami calendar. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Members of the Sikh Youth of America were quick to react through phones and emails to the SGPC and Akal Takht Sahib, whereas Dal Khalsa submitted a memorandum seeking a meeting of the Panthic Committee that was formed for finalizing and adoption of the calendar. Dr. Pritpal Singh of the American Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and former SGPC secretary Manjit Singh Calcutta chided the SGPC and the Jathedars for tampering with the institution of the calendar and said that under no circumstances would they allow this to happen. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Sikh scholar and writer Dr. Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon also raised his voice against the move, whereas the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, who is suspected to be behind the move, issued a clarification that “they were not interested in the Nanakshahi Calendar at all.” [/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Come 5 January next year and we would know whether our Jathedars will still succumb to pressure or uphold the dignity and honour of the highest institution of the Sikhs. The ball is in the court of the Sikh Sangat. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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