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Sikh music, also known as Gurbani Sangeet (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ, romanized: Gurabāṇī sagīta; meaning music of the speech of wisdom), and as Gurmat Sangeet (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਸੰਗੀਤ, romanized: Guramati sagīta; meaning music of the counsel or tenets of the Guru), or even as Shabad Kirtan (Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕੀਰਤਨ, romanized ...
The dilruba was created some 300 years ago by the 10th Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, who based it on the much older, and heavier, Taus. [2] [3] This made it more convenient for the Khalsa, the Sikh army, to carry the instrument on horseback. [1] According to the folklore, the esraj was created by Ishwari Raj, a musician who lived in Gayadam.
In 1943, Satguru Partap Singh organized a Hindu-Sikh unity conference [65] in Sri Bhaini Sahib, stressing the importance of unity among Hindus and Sikhs. Thereafter, a Hindu-Sikh-Muslim conference was organized to bring all sections of society for peaceful co-existence and to face the challenge of imperialism with new vigor. [64]
The Sikh Channel was founded by Davinder Singh Bal in April 2009 by TV Legal Limited. [3] TV Legal formed The Sikh Channel Community Broadcasting Company Limited to accept donations, which are used to pay for the broadcasting and programming expenses. [ 4 ]
Akaal Channel is a UK based, free-to-air satellite television channel which is dedicatedly focused on Sikhism and the Sikh community. Founded by Amrik Singh Kooner, the channel also broadcasts across 44 countries, including Europe, on satellite television. [1] [2] [3] Formerly known as Sikh TV, [4] the channel has a center in Amritsar as well ...
A Khalsa Sikh is also expected to materialize their life as "benevolent exertion" that secures the most good with the most minimal intervention, realized through "collective action". [55] Thus, a Sikh not only has individualistic duties, but also duties relating to the collective of the Khalsa, as the Sikh is one unit of the Guru Panth. [55]
According to Wendy Doniger, the phrase is a compound of ik ("one" in Punjabi) and onkar, canonically understood in Sikhism to refer to the "absolute monotheistic unity of God". [9] Etymologically, the word onkar denotes the sacred sound "om" or the absolute in a number of Indian religions. [9] Nevertheless, Sikhs give it an entirely different ...
3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization), also known as Sikh Dharma of the Western Hemisphere or Sikh Dharma International, is a controversial American organization founded in 1969 by Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, also called "Yogi Bhajan".