Professor Darshan Singh Khalsa
Professor Darshan Singh Khalsa | |
Full Name : | Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa |
Birth : | 1940 [1] |
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Spouse : | Bibi Manjit Kaur |
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Death : | |
Other Info: | Presently living Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa is a well known Sikh keertani and a prolific author. An ex-Jathedar of the Shri Akal Takhat Sahib, he is married to Bibi Manjit Kaur. He currently resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As to his accomplishments, searching (Professor Darshan Singh Khalsa) on the internet, produces 150,000 articles that are either about about him and his accomplishments or, at the least, mention him [1] and there are currently 69 entries on Youtube concerning him. [2]
And searching for Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa produces 49,200 pages on the distinguished Jathedar. [3].
Guru Granth Sahib Academy
Having moved from Punjab to Canada he has busied himself by founding, in the first floor of the large home he is building, the Guru Granth Sahib Academy ggsacademy.com. In a recent article featured on sikhchic.com, by the wordsmith T. Sher Singh, Singh describes his joy over finding out that the former Jathedar, raagi and Sikhi Pracharak, who he had admired for a long time, in his words, “for his spirituality and intellectual discourse has moved from Punjab, crossed the proverbial Seven Seas, and plunked himself down in a quiet rural community…”. Besides teaching classes on the interpretation of bani in person and over the internet, he and the jatha he leads, perform in a small hall on the first floor each saturday.
Words such as; Gem, source of inspiration, lighthouse of Sikhi, 'icon', Panth Ratan" are used to describe Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa in the comments written in response to Singh's article.
One person, who gives his name as Rajinder (from San Francisco, U.S.A.), reminds us that (after the invasion of the Harmandir Sahib in 1984) when every politician, intellectual and gyani decided to keep quiet to save themselves from persecution by the Goverment of India, Prof. Darshan Singh stood tall and sang a very emotional shabad, "Jab baan lagyo, tabe ros jagyo" , in New Delhi.
- The whole article, The Gift may be read at: Sikh Chic
Readers are invited to add any info on the following:
- Background
- Parents
- Education
- Marriage
- Lifestyle
- Style of Narration and its Impact
- His Foreign Trips
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Katha & Media
- ggsacademy.com – The website of the Guru Granth Sahib Academy, Ontario, Canada, which contains many recordings by Prof. Darshan Singh Khalsa
- See Wikipedia article on Professor Darshan Singh Khalsa for more information
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 |