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Featured Bani - Guru Granth Sahib

Alahania (Mahala 1)

Birth, marriage, and death are important events in human life. Rites and rituals associated with them are also an integral part of human life. In every more...

Alahania (Mahala 3)

In the Guru Granth Sahib, just after the Alahania composition by Guru Nanak Sahib (1469-1539 CE), four Sabads (Alahania) revealed by Guru Amardas Sahib more...

Antam Sanskar | Funeral Ceremony

Birth is the arrival of a being on Earth; marriage signifies the being’s transition into marital life and then, frequently, family life. The being’s more...

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Bani Bhagat Beni Ji

Bhagat Beni Ji is one of the fifteen Bhagat contributors to the Guru Granth Sahib. The Guru Granth Sahib contains three of his Sabads. The first Sabad more...

Var Sat (Mahala 3) 2/2

‘Var Sat’ (seven days) is commonly known as ‘Satvar’ or ‘Satvara.’ Satvara is a classical and popular poetic form based on the seven days of the week. more...

Var Sat (Mahala 3) 1/2

‘Var Sat’ (seven days) is commonly known as ‘Satvar’ or ‘Satvara.’ Satvara is a classical and popular poetic form based on the seven days of the week. more...

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Bhagvant

Literally, the one who possesses fortune, prosperity and happiness; it is a synonym used for IkOankar (the Divine) in the Guru Granth Sahib. The more...

Chaupai Chand

A four-line verse with 16 or 15 characters each is known as Chaupai more...

Kaviling

Kaviling literally means ‘the cause of poetry.’ It is a figure of speech in Indic poetry where the cause and its resulting effect or action are more...

Nam

The term ‘Nam,’ widely used in the Guru Granth Sahib, is a key term that serves as the central principle in Sikhi. Nam is the sole medium through which more...

Realms

It refers to the three worlds or realms (tri/trai-lok or tri-bhavan) described in ancient Hindu scriptures. Generally, heaven (swarg lok), earth more...

Thitti

The word ‘thitti’ is a modified form of the Sanskrit word ‘tithi’ and refers to the measurement of the lunar cycle (the waxing and waning of the moon) more...