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In this perceptive work, dr. Harish dhillon highlights the lives and times of the ten sikh gurus, beginning with guru nanak, who founded sikhism in 1469 and ending with guru gobind singh, who established the khalsa panth in 1699. It throws light on how the gurus acquired profound knowledge and wisdom, which they sought to pass on to the common people through their teachings. Their life histories show how they sincerely practised what they preached and how they ...
This is a work on the life and times of the tenth guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, who founded the Khalsa. Revered as a saint, warrior, poet, philosopher, it covers various events associated with him and the happenings in his life including the assassination of Guru Tegh Bahadur, his own coronation, the battles he fought at Bhangani and Nadaun, his stay at different places and his founding of the Khalsa. Various events that sought to establish the Khalsa ...
India is blessed with a rich spiritual legacy.Many great masters have arisen here,pursuing different paths in their quest for the Ultimate Truth.Yet their message has always been one of immense tolerance and compassion. Guru Nanak was born in the 15th century during a period of political and religious turmoil in India.Tension between Hindus and Muslims had escalated,leading to a greater polarization of the two religions.Nanak created synthesis of Hinduism and ...
Whenever an NRI Punjabi comes home on a visit there are two pilgrimages that are mandatory for him to make, one to the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the other to the Pingalwara, also at Amritsar. And after each visit he goes back with an increased reverence for Bhagat Puran Singh, the Founder of the Pingalwara and respect for the work that he did. Bhagatji’s work was focused first on all whom the world had rejected, society’s discards: the aged, the socially ...
A collection of stories most of which evolved and grew in the classroom through constant retelling to groups of students in answer to their persistent plea Sir, please tell us a story. Subsequently, they were put down on paper following the technique of the storyteller rather than that of the storywriter. A story that is told depends for its success as much on the skill of the teller as on the beauty of its content. The success of a written story depends entirely ...
A whole generation of English-speaking Punjabis and, by extension, a whole generation of Indians , have grown up with no knowledge of the beautiful love stories of Punjab. This collection of 4 love stories : SOHNI-MAHIWAL, HEER-RANJHA, SASSI-PANNU and MIRZA-SAHIBAAN seeks to fill this void.