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{{ps|Image:Darasingh.jpg|'''[[Dara Singh]]'''}}
* .... that '''[[Dara Singh]]''' (born [[November 19]], [[1928]]) is a [[Punjabi]] wrestler and film actor from the [[Sikh]] holy city of [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab]] in [[India]]. He was a well-known wrestler before he started acting in Hindi films in 1962.


{{pm|Image:Akhand jaap nov 2006-m.jpg|[[Akhand Jaap|Akhand Jaap <small>''(Nov 2006)''</small>]]}}
* .... that '''[[Gurdwara Bangla Sahib]]''' is situated in the heart of [[Delhi|New Delhi's]] Connaught Place area and originally was the bungalow (haveli) of [[Mirza Raja Jai Singh]], hence the name Bangla Sahib.
* .... that '''[[Akhand Jaap]]''' - is a movement instigated by the youth as a "World Prayer for Peace". It involves the continuous repetition of the word "[[Waheguru]]" (Wonderful Lord) which is sung continuously from 1 to 24 hours.....


*....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 '''[[Gurdwara Patti Sahib]]''' (‘Patti’ means ‘alphabet’) is located at the site where young [[Guru Nanak]] learned the various different languages then used in the [[Punjab]], each with its own distinct alphabet.


*....that [[Bhai Baghel Singh]] (d. 1802), who in 1765 succeeded Karora Singh as leader of the Karor singhia [[misl]] or chiefship, is celebrated in [[Sikh history]] as the vanquisher of [[Mughal]] Delhi.
* .... that the first [[Gurdwara]] in the whole of [[USA]] was purchased and built in 1912 in Stockton, [[California]], [[USA]]. It is called the '''[[Sikh Gurdwara Sahib Stockton]]'''...


*.... 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 '''[[Bhagat Kabir]]''' ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਭਗਤ ਕਬੀਰ) (1441-1518) was a saint born in [[Bharat]], present day India and Pakistan. 500 verses of Bhagat Ji’s [[Bani]] are included in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]].  
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{{pm|Image:BanglaSahib by Solarider.jpg|[[Gurdwara Bangla Sahib]]}}
* .... that '''[[Gurdwara Bangla Sahib]]''' is situated in the heart of [[Delhi|New Delhi's]] Connaught Place area and originally was the bungalow (haveli) of [[Mirza Raja Jai Singh]], hence the name Bangla Sahib.
{{ps|Image:Darasingh.jpg|'''[[Dara Singh]]'''}}
* .... that '''[[Dara Singh]]''' (born [[November 19]], [[1928]]) is a [[Punjabi]] wrestler and film actor from the [[Sikh]] holy city of [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab]] in [[India]]. He was a well-known wrestler before he started acting in Hindi films in 1962.
* .... that '''[[Gurdwara Patti Sahib]]''' (‘Patti’ means ‘alphabet’) is located at the site where young [[Guru Nanak]] learned the various different languages then used in the [[Punjab]], each with its own distinct alphabet.
*.... that [[Salok Mahala 9]] are the saloks by the ninth [[Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] which form the concluding portion of the [[Guru Granth Sahib]]. They precede [[Guru Arjan's]] Mundavani and appear from page 1426 to 1429 of the Sikh holy Granth.


{{pm|File:BibiAmro.jpg|Bibi Amro with [[Amar Das]] and [[Guru Angad]]}}
{{pm|File:BibiAmro.jpg|Bibi Amro with [[Amar Das]] and [[Guru Angad]]}}

Revision as of 20:01, 1 November 2009


Did you know...

  • .... that Gurdwara Patti Sahib (‘Patti’ means ‘alphabet’) is located at the site where young Guru Nanak learned the various different languages then used in the Punjab, each with its own distinct alphabet.