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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="Admin" data-source="post: 136619" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>The Sikh Foundation Calendar 2011</strong></p><p><em>by I.J. SINGH</em></p><p></p><p>Time flies, we know, and many are the ways that we have invented to keep track of its endless passage. Yet, as someone said, time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures that we are.</p><p></p><p>We need to track the endless march of time for only then can we connect the past to the present and these two to our hopes and dreams of a future. Calendars enable us to preserve the past. For tribal man, says Marshall McLuhan, space was the uncontrollable mystery; for technological man, it is time that occupies the same role.</p><p></p><p>Years come and go and we count them on a variety of calendars that, too, have changed and finally morphed into the one that we use to measure the passage of our lives. This Common Era calendar, usually designated by the initials CE, is not the only one but is the most widely used. The Muslims have their own, as do the Hindus and the Jews, to count only three. But many more exist, including a Sikh (Nanakshahi) calendar that dates from the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of the faith.</p><p></p><p>The California based Sikh Foundation is now preparing and getting ready to release its newest calendar for the year 2011. It started the initiative of issuing a Sikh thematic Common Era calendar in the year 2000. The 2011 calendar gives us the dates of major historical events of Sikh history; its images focus on the Sikh Kingdom of Ranjit Singh & its courtiers.</p><p></p><p>Ranjit Singh's empire, as we know, had a relatively short, nearly fifty years old history, but its impact was and remains far more meaningful and longer lasting, even into this century.</p><p></p><p>Maharaja Ranjit Singh who founded it and led it most superbly was a young man of only 19 when he established it in 1799. He ruled it until he died in 1839. By all accounts, he was unusually ahead of his times and ruled a large swath of northwest India - from Kashmir, to the borders of Afghanistan - with compassion and justice that had not been seen in that part of the world for centuries. He ruled in the name of the Sikhs (Khalsa Raj) but it was not a partisan Sikh state that he created. He abolished the death penalty, and treated all subjects - Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims - with equal justice. He donated gifts and treasures to all places of worship equally - Hindu, Muslim and Sikh. He enjoyed and treasured the love of his people and rightly earned the sobriquet "Lion of Punjab." His senior officials came from all three religions extant in India at that time. Christians, too, though few in number, served in his government as senior generals in the army.</p><p></p><p>But at age 59, Ranjit Singh died, and within a few years the British swallowed up his extensive territories. Sikhs remember him as do the British who ruled his territories for a hundred years and the rest of India for twice as long. That Ranjit Singh's kingdom collapsed within a few years of his death I regard as an administrative failure of an otherwise great empire.</p><p></p><p>Ranjit Singh was fond of the arts and the finer things of life. His years of ascendancy have left us treasures for the ages. Particularly in the diaspora, the growing number of financially ascendant Sikhs are reclaiming relics and markers from Ranjit's Singh's defining era. </p><p></p><p>Narinder Singh Kapany, the founder of the Sikh Foundation has emerged as a leading collector of Sikh art of that time and has a keen eye for it. With an abiding interest in Sikh Art, the Sikh Foundation has established the Satinder Kaur Kapany Gallery of Sikh Art at the prestigious Asian Museum of San Francisco, the only such collection in North America. The Kapany Collection has also been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England), the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada), the Rubin Museum (New York), The Smithsonian (Washington, D.C.) and elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>The yearly calendar of Sikh Art is his brain child since 2000 and they have been exceptionally excellent. This year 2011 is no exception.</p><p></p><p>The 2011 calendar focuses on twelve (one for each month) significant personalities - the Maharaja himself and the courtiers who helped and served the Sikh Raj under him and his successors - each important in expanding his empire, administering his territories, and representing the public face of his governance. It highlights Ranjit Singh himself, and his son Sher Singh; Akali Phula Singh who was known for fearlessly telling the truth to authority; legendary generals like Sham Singh Attariwala and Hari Singh Nalva; Raja Tej Singh whom we remember for his duplicity during the British-Sikh wars; Hindus like Diwan Dina Nath and Diwan Mul Raj, Muslims like Fakir Aziz-Ud-Din, who was a physician and an outstanding diplomat; and even Sir Henry Lawrence who became the British Resident at Lahore in 1846 and died in battle during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.</p><p></p><p>All of the art work and portraits depicted in this calendar come from the Kapany Collection. The reproductions are excellent - collector items. The originals are 2 inch by 2 inch paintings on ivory. I suppose they are true miniatures. I wish we knew the exact medium used and perhaps some narrative on techniques and the artist(s), if any information is at all available. I doubt that they all come from the same artist. Exactly when do they seem to have been painted? Did the subjects sit for them or did the artist(s) work from sketches and existing material. Certainly, Ranjit Singh's painting seems to show an aging man somewhat past his prime.</p><p></p><p>Such information, even if limited, would have made the calendar more than that; it would then become a collectible and more of a lesson in Sikh history.</p><p></p><p><em>Highly recommended.</em> </p><p></p><p>Readers can see images and additional information including how and where to purchase these calendars by logging on to <a href="http://www.sikhfoundation.org" target="_blank">www.sikhfoundation.org</a> . Calendars are priced at $10.00 each (shipping and handling extra). </p><p></p><p>November 6, 2010</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 136619, member: 1"] [B]The Sikh Foundation Calendar 2011[/B] [I]by I.J. SINGH[/I] Time flies, we know, and many are the ways that we have invented to keep track of its endless passage. Yet, as someone said, time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures that we are. We need to track the endless march of time for only then can we connect the past to the present and these two to our hopes and dreams of a future. Calendars enable us to preserve the past. For tribal man, says Marshall McLuhan, space was the uncontrollable mystery; for technological man, it is time that occupies the same role. Years come and go and we count them on a variety of calendars that, too, have changed and finally morphed into the one that we use to measure the passage of our lives. This Common Era calendar, usually designated by the initials CE, is not the only one but is the most widely used. The Muslims have their own, as do the Hindus and the Jews, to count only three. But many more exist, including a Sikh (Nanakshahi) calendar that dates from the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of the faith. The California based Sikh Foundation is now preparing and getting ready to release its newest calendar for the year 2011. It started the initiative of issuing a Sikh thematic Common Era calendar in the year 2000. The 2011 calendar gives us the dates of major historical events of Sikh history; its images focus on the Sikh Kingdom of Ranjit Singh & its courtiers. Ranjit Singh's empire, as we know, had a relatively short, nearly fifty years old history, but its impact was and remains far more meaningful and longer lasting, even into this century. Maharaja Ranjit Singh who founded it and led it most superbly was a young man of only 19 when he established it in 1799. He ruled it until he died in 1839. By all accounts, he was unusually ahead of his times and ruled a large swath of northwest India - from Kashmir, to the borders of Afghanistan - with compassion and justice that had not been seen in that part of the world for centuries. He ruled in the name of the Sikhs (Khalsa Raj) but it was not a partisan Sikh state that he created. He abolished the death penalty, and treated all subjects - Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims - with equal justice. He donated gifts and treasures to all places of worship equally - Hindu, Muslim and Sikh. He enjoyed and treasured the love of his people and rightly earned the sobriquet "Lion of Punjab." His senior officials came from all three religions extant in India at that time. Christians, too, though few in number, served in his government as senior generals in the army. But at age 59, Ranjit Singh died, and within a few years the British swallowed up his extensive territories. Sikhs remember him as do the British who ruled his territories for a hundred years and the rest of India for twice as long. That Ranjit Singh's kingdom collapsed within a few years of his death I regard as an administrative failure of an otherwise great empire. Ranjit Singh was fond of the arts and the finer things of life. His years of ascendancy have left us treasures for the ages. Particularly in the diaspora, the growing number of financially ascendant Sikhs are reclaiming relics and markers from Ranjit's Singh's defining era. Narinder Singh Kapany, the founder of the Sikh Foundation has emerged as a leading collector of Sikh art of that time and has a keen eye for it. With an abiding interest in Sikh Art, the Sikh Foundation has established the Satinder Kaur Kapany Gallery of Sikh Art at the prestigious Asian Museum of San Francisco, the only such collection in North America. The Kapany Collection has also been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England), the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada), the Rubin Museum (New York), The Smithsonian (Washington, D.C.) and elsewhere. The yearly calendar of Sikh Art is his brain child since 2000 and they have been exceptionally excellent. This year 2011 is no exception. The 2011 calendar focuses on twelve (one for each month) significant personalities - the Maharaja himself and the courtiers who helped and served the Sikh Raj under him and his successors - each important in expanding his empire, administering his territories, and representing the public face of his governance. It highlights Ranjit Singh himself, and his son Sher Singh; Akali Phula Singh who was known for fearlessly telling the truth to authority; legendary generals like Sham Singh Attariwala and Hari Singh Nalva; Raja Tej Singh whom we remember for his duplicity during the British-Sikh wars; Hindus like Diwan Dina Nath and Diwan Mul Raj, Muslims like Fakir Aziz-Ud-Din, who was a physician and an outstanding diplomat; and even Sir Henry Lawrence who became the British Resident at Lahore in 1846 and died in battle during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. All of the art work and portraits depicted in this calendar come from the Kapany Collection. The reproductions are excellent - collector items. The originals are 2 inch by 2 inch paintings on ivory. I suppose they are true miniatures. I wish we knew the exact medium used and perhaps some narrative on techniques and the artist(s), if any information is at all available. I doubt that they all come from the same artist. Exactly when do they seem to have been painted? Did the subjects sit for them or did the artist(s) work from sketches and existing material. Certainly, Ranjit Singh's painting seems to show an aging man somewhat past his prime. Such information, even if limited, would have made the calendar more than that; it would then become a collectible and more of a lesson in Sikh history. [I]Highly recommended.[/I] Readers can see images and additional information including how and where to purchase these calendars by logging on to [URL="http://www.sikhfoundation.org"]www.sikhfoundation.org[/URL] . Calendars are priced at $10.00 each (shipping and handling extra). November 6, 2010 [/QUOTE]
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