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*....that  the '''[[12 O'clock joke]]''' is not a slam against Sardars; just read the following story '''[[12 O'clock joke|here]]''' and [[12 o clock joke|here]].
*....that  the '''[[12 O'clock joke]]''' is not a slam against Sardars; just read the following story '''[[12 O'clock joke|here]]''' and [[12 o clock joke|here]].
*....that  the [[Guru]] has pronounced that [[Kirtan]] is the magical formula that keeps the human soul afloat in the dark era of [[Kaljug]] provided the devotee sings with his mind focussed thus: ''"Kaljug meh kīrṯan parḝẖĝnĝ. Gurmukẖ japī­ai lĝ­ė ḝẖi­ĝnĝ. In this Dark Age of Kaljug, '''[[Kirtan]]''' is supreme when the devotee sing with focus"''
*.... that [[Guru Nanak in Nepal|Guru Nanak went to Nepal?]] The temple in his honour is left to bird to sing to their hearts content and the occasional visitor who either knows it is there or has stumbled here by chance and has come upon the small weathered sign which says, “[[Guru Nanak in Nepal|Guru Nanak Math (27°43'31"N 85°18'19"E)]]”....


*....that '''[[Pearl S Buck]]''', Nobel Laureate, when writing about the '''[[Sri Guru Granth Sahib by Dr Gopal Singh|English translation]]''' of [[Guru Granth Sahib]] said: ''"I have studied the scriptures of other great religions, but I do not find elsewhere the same power of appeal to the heart and mind as I find here in these volumes...."''
*....that '''[[Pearl S Buck]]''', Nobel Laureate, when writing about the '''[[Sri Guru Granth Sahib by Dr Gopal Singh|English translation]]''' of [[Guru Granth Sahib]] said: ''"I have studied the scriptures of other great religions, but I do not find elsewhere the same power of appeal to the heart and mind as I find here in these volumes...."''

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Did you know...

  • ....that Sundri the movie is the third movie by Vismaad Pte Ltd, a Singapore based computer animation company. The film is based on a novel by the same name - Sundri by the famous Punjabi writer, Bhai Vir Singh (1872-1957). This movie like the other two previous ones is a high resolution 2D computer animation with stereo sound and will be available as a DVD and also for theatrical release which are scheduled from May 08....
  • .... that Gurdwara Nanak Shahi Dhaka in Dhaka is one of the seven known Gurdwaras in Bangladesh. It is the most important historic Gurdwara in this country, commemorating the visit of Guru Nanak in 1506-1507. This Gurdwara is said to have been built in 1830.
  • ....the Significance of Vaisakhi - For many 1000's of years, April has been the time when farmers have put their sickles to harvest and collected the precious life saving crops...
Sardarji joke
  • ....that Pearl S Buck, Nobel Laureate, when writing about the English translation of Guru Granth Sahib said: "I have studied the scriptures of other great religions, but I do not find elsewhere the same power of appeal to the heart and mind as I find here in these volumes...."