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Did you know...
- ....that you can locate the kirtan of thousands of Gurbani shabads by visiting the Kirtan websites listed at SikhiWiki. And also that you can add your favourite kirtan site here!
- ....that the 12 O'clock joke is not a slam against Sardars; just read the following story here and here.
- ....that the Jagriti Yatra procession to celebrate the 300 years of Guruship of Guru Granth Sahib was scheduled to visit Kathua on 7th of April, but could not reach on time but finally arrived a full day late on 8th April 2008....
- ....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 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 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 Math (27°43'31"N 85°18'19"E)”....
