Birth & preaching places of Gurus Apart from the five Takhts, there are number of Gurdwaras in Punjab which mark the birth places and the preaching centres of the Gurus. Whereas the second Guru, Guru Angad Dev Ji was born at Matte Di Sarai, presently known as village Sarai Naga, and is situated in Mukatsar […]
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The Five Takhts After Sri Harmandir Sahib, Darbar Sahib at Amritsar, the most important Gurdwaras are the five Takhts. A Takht means a throne or royal seat. Thus, these five Takhts are the royal seats for the Sikhs. The same are :- * Sri Akal Takht Sahib * Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib, Anandpur Sahib * […]
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Other Gurdwaras in punjab After Amritsar District we have important historical Gurdwaras in Ropar District, Ludhiana District, and Fatehgargh District. Many of these Gurdwaras fall on Guru Gobind Singh path. Such Gurdwaras include Bhatha Sahib, Parivar Vichodha Sahib, Gurdwara Kalgidhar and Mukatsar, where Guru fought his last battle with the Mughal forces. It was here […]
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Rajwant Singh Rajwant Singh, presently holding many prominent positions in Sikh circles in USA and a renowned name among the Sikhs all over the world, was born on 18th January 1961 at Calcutta. He had his early education at Khalsa High School Calcutta. After shifting to USA, he studied at School of Dentistry George Town […]
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Rajbir Singh Rajbir Singh, a phsiycal education teacher and an environmentalist, was born on 4th November 1951 at Amritsar in the house of Captain Jarnail Singh and Bibi Sarabjit Kaur. He had his school education at famous Sant Singh Sukha Singh School Amritsar and then completed his education with CPed and DPed Degrees. He remained […]
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Mohinder Singh Grewal Mohinder Singh Grewal is one of the few educated and prospours farmers of Punjab, India. He was in the news in August 2016 when he was selected as the “First PAU Fellow Farmer” by the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) to educate the farmers and the students through lectures in extension programmes like […]
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Gurdwaras in Nepal The Sikhs first entered Nepal as soldiers of the forces of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh when the great ruler was extending his empire. At one point of time, a good number of Sikhs were living in Kathmandu, Birpur and Nepalganj areas. However, as the opportunities to earn were inadequate in Nepal, a large […]
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Guru Nanak’s visit to other Middle-East Countries Dr. Trilochan Singh reported that there are some indications that Guru Nanak visited Cairo (Egypt) where during the war Sikh soldiers were shown a place on the out skirts of the town where there was a stone memorial (Captain Bhag Singh, Founding Managing Editor of the Sikh Review, […]
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Gurdwara at Zahidan, Baluchistan Gurdwara at Zahidan, Baluchistan According to historical sources when Guru Nanak was travelling through the Muslim world, he stayed at one point of time outside of Baghdad, where he met a Sufi saint Sheikh Bahlool Dana and held a dialogue with him. S. Sant Singh Maskeen has described the conversation between […]
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From Mecca Medina to Iran and Baluchistan Although, the dominating Muslim population of Mecca and Medina does not accept that Guru Nanak visited these places, there is ample evidence in Sikh literature to show that Guru Nanak had visited this place along with his companion Bhai Mardana in 1519. Bhai Gurdas ji, Sikh Scholar, contemporary […]
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