Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib

Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib ,Ludhiana ,India

This Gurdwara is located in heart of the city in famous Field Ganj area of Ludhiana city opposite to Jagraon Bridge .Accoding to a newsreport daily on an average 50000 devotees visit there and pay their homage to respected Sri Guru Granth Sahib. A majority of the youngsters and people of other faiths, find it difficult to understand the meaning of Gurbani that is being sung as Kirtan in Gurdwaras everywhere.

This Gurdwara in Ludhiana has innovated newer ways to reach out to believers.This is the first Gurdwara in India to adopt Hitech for Gurbani projection on screen. The Gurdwara has wide screens for devotees to understand better the hymns of the scripture the priests sing.

Its adoration or veneration of Gurugranth Sahib, the generation next brought up in cosmopolitan ambiences, cannot understand the text of the Gurbani, literally 'the words of the teachers'. Only for this purposes big screen has been installed.

A screen projects the scripts of the verses in Gurmukhi and translations in English, which has helped the devotees sing along karaoke style.

They read, understand and pitch in while the devotional songs are being sung live by the Gurudwara choir.

Over-head projector enabled displays are common in Gurdwaras in Western countries but has been installed for the first time in India at this Gurdwara.

The younger generation having little knowledge of the gurbani now reads and sings. Not only children, but even the young and the old, derive enormous benefit from this screen.

"The screen is common in Gurdwaras abroad, but has been installed for the first time at Gurudwara Dukh Niwaran ,in Ludhiana ,India . The younger generation having little knowledge of the gurbani now read and sings. Not only children, but even the young and the old, derive enormous benefit from this screen," said Pritpal Singh, the President of the Gurudwara management.

Simranjit Singh, a devotee says the hi-tech device has made him understand the philosophy, depth and truth in the religious scriptures better.

"The benefit of a projector is that earlier we just sat in a Gurudwara, but we were not able to understand what the thoughts were. Now, with the help of projector we understand the exact meaning of gurbani. This is very good for everyone," says Simranjit Singh.

For many believers, introduction of new technology has helped understand better the finer aspects of the hymns.

"The screen is very beneficial for everyone, I think because one can understand each and every word clearly and we can sing shabads (verses) by viewing this screen. Moreover the people who sing the shabads incorrectly, it's very beneficial for them especially. This way, they can sing it correctly," said Daljit Kaur another devotee.

A volunteer who operates it on the computer displays the same as is sung by the gurbani singers.

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