Gurmat Gian Group
Gurmat Gian Group consists of several young Sikh women musicians singing Gurbani. It's conducted by member Gurpreet Kaur. Other members are Keerat Kaur (now in Atlanta, GA/USA), Japjit Kaur and Jasleen Kaur. They can be contacted via c/o Gurmat Gian Missionary College, Ludhiana.
- for further details contact Dr. Manbir Singh +91 9888888393, Bhai Rana Inderjit Singh (Chairman) +91 9814635655
- blog: http://gurmatgiangroup.wordpress.com/
- blog: http://gurmatgiangroup.blogspot.com/
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the Interview (Old Interview)
- This is a brief interview with a member of the group, Keerat Kaur.
Q1. How did you come to join the Gurmat Gian Group? How long have you been with the group? How often does the group meet?
A. The Gurmat Gian Group was formed by my mother Gurpreet Kaur. My mother Gurpreet Kaur and myself used to do kirtan in the weekend gatherings of Gurmat Gian Missionary Trust. These programmes are held every Saturday and Sunday. Impressed with our singing, we were asked by the organizers and especially by Rana Inderjit Singh to train young boys and girls to do kirtan. Now Gurpreet Kaur takes regular classes at the Gurmat Gian Missionary College where many girls and boys of different age groups are learning kirtan.
The encouragement to go in to recording Gurbani Kirtan lead to the formation of Gurmat Gian Group which now has 5 CDs to its credit.
The 5 Cds available are:
- 1. Saajanara Mera Saajanara
- 2. Mera Baid Guru Govinda
- 3. Tere Kavan Kavan Gun Keh Keh Gava
- 4. Mo Kao Taar Le Raama Taar Le
- 5. Mohan Ghar Aavoh Karo Jodariya
4 more CDs are already recorded and are to be released in due course. These are all Audio CDs only, however Mera Baid and Tere Kavan Kavan are also available as VCDs.
Our group has also sung shabads for the recently released animation movie “Sundri”.
Q 2. Is there any purpose behind the group being only women? Was it intended to be a women’s only group or did it just happen?
A. When the group started, there was no specific aim to form an all women’s group. This just happened and we plan to keep it this way now.
Q 3. Does a woman play the tabla?
A. There is no woman tabla player in the group. Right now, there are 3 members of this group, Gurpreet Kaur, Japjit Kaur and myself. There are no other members of the group as yet and we select the instrument players including the tabla players according to the requirements of the compositions.
Q 4. How has being in this group added to your spiritual development at a Sikh?
A. We started as a group, with an aim to record and spread gurbani kirtan beyond our small weekend gathering of families. A typical recording preparation takes at least 2 months of 6-8 practice hours a day. We feel lucky to be able to spend this time singing Guru’s bani. Every shabad is practised 60-80 times before it is recorded. Every time we sing a shabad, we feel that we learn something new which we did not understand in the previous practise. This definitely has helped in our spiritual development.
6th Jan 2011 Till this date there are total 14 CDs of Gurmat Gian Group The list is given below: 1.Raag Ratan .. A set of 6 CDs. This Album is a compilation of Shabads in All the 31 Shudh Raags of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. 2.Sarni Aayea 3.Sewa 4.Priya Kee Preet Piyaree 5.Mohan Ghar Aavho Karo Jodariya 6.Mo Kao Taar Le Raama Taar Le 7.Tere Kavan Kavan Gun Keh Keh Gava 8.Mera Baid Guru Govinda 9.Saajanrraa Mera Saajanrraa
External Links
- Gurbani Kirtan by "Soul Brides of Our Beloved Guru" also at [1]
- thelangarhall.com/ 'The Interview' section of this article with courtesy of this site
Gurbani & kirtan
- Apunay Thakur Kee Haun Cheree - Raga Sarang by Gurmat Gian Group
- Sur Nar Mun Jan Amrit Khojday - Raga Ramkali
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Watch this beautiful video of this shabad by Guru Arjan Dev on page 1209 of the Guru Granth Sahib in Raag Sarang - "My beloved, please come home, I beg with folded hands". .....Watch, listen, read & enjoy... |
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Watch this beautiful video of this shabad by Guru Arjan Dev on page 106 of the Guru Granth Sahib in Raag Majh - "Mind and body are yours; all wealth is yours. You are my God, Lord and Master". .....Watch, listen, read & enjoy... |
| Kirtan: | Raga · Taal · Ragmala · Classical Music · Sangeet · Dhuni · Divan · Asa di Var · Jatha · Simran · Shabad · Tuk · Rababi · Dhadhi |
| Ragas: | Asa · Bairari · Basant · Bhairon · Bihagara · Bilaval · Devagandhari · Dhanasari · Gauri · Gond · Gujari · Jaijavanti · Jaitsri · Kalian · Kanara · Kedara · Maajh · Malaar · Mali Gaura · Maru · Nat Narain · Prabhati · Ramkali · Sarang · Sri · Sorath · Suhi · Tilang · Todi · Tukhari · Vadahans |
| Ragis: | Harjinder Singh · Maninder Singh · Amolak Singh · Darshan Singh · Balwinder Singh · Harbans Singh · Anoop Singh · Niranjan Singh · Amrik Singh · Avtar Singh · Snatam Kaur ·Kamaljit Kaur · Dileep Kaur · Joginder Singh · SS Maskeen |
| Saaj: | Harmonium · Tabla · · Tanpura · Taus · Rabab · Sarangi · Dilruba · · Saranda · Sarode · Sitar · Santoor · Pakhawaj · Dhadh · Dholak · Dool |
