Shri Guru Granth Sahib Jee is the 11th living guru of the sikhs. 400 years ago today Shri Guru Granth Sahib Jee was installed in Harmander Shaib(Golden Temple) , Amritsar for the first time. Today this occasion is being celebrated by millions and millions worldwide. Many political, social, and religious icons have gathered at the holy city of Amritsar.
Below is a picture of pilgrims gathered in front of Akal Takhat Sahib, in the Golden Temple complex.
It is estimated that over 3 million pilgrims have gathered at Amritsar Sahib today for this occasion.
Guru Granth Sahib is a refuge that a person can take when all other means of peace have failed. It offers a way to ferry across this sin filled furious ocean of worldly existence. It helps a person to live by certain directives and moral codes which guarantee the achievement of salvation.
Shri Guru Granth Sahib Jee teaches us respect, love, tolerance and peace for all. If the would nations adopt these golden principles, all hate, wars, fighting and racial discrimination would disappear forever and we would have heaven on earth!
The Shri Guru Granth Sahib is the living embodiment of the 10 gurus. The first edition was compiled Shri Guru Arjan Dev Jee and written by Bhai Gurdass at Amritsar Sahib. This Bir is known as the Aad Bir or Add Granth. The second edition was recited by Shri Guru Gobind Singh and written by Baba Deep Singh Jee at Damdama Sahib, Bathinda. This is called the Damdami bir.
^The handwritten large format bir of Shri Guru Granth Sahib at Harmandir Sahib in the second storey.
The present day bir has 1429 pages and contains the bani"hyms" of the first 5 and the 9th gurus. Also included is the writing of various "bhagats", holy saints of the gurus.
The method used to write Gurbani is very special and unique. A new set of grammar was invented by the Guru Sahib to write bani. This kind of grammar is only used in the Guru Granth Sahib and no where else. All gurbani was written in a larivaar or continuous format, which means that all the words are joined together without any spaces.
Every Gurdwara(Sikh Temple) has a copy of the Shri Guru Granth Sahib. It is kept with great respect on a raised platform in the main hall of a gurdwara. Many devotees keep a copy to recite gurbani in their homes.
Waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh!
Above: The bhoora(basement) where baba Deep Singh Jee wrote the Damdami bir
Below: Baba Deep Singh Jee's burej
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ReplyDeletebrother you told that present GURU Granth sahib ji have 1429 pages but as you written it is wrong .GURU Granth sahib ji have 1430 pages . while writing or comment about GGSJ make assure you know the full information . BY Amandeep singh (India)
ReplyDeletewhat about the bani of shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.u said it is upto 5th Guru and 9th Guru which Shri G Gobind Singh Ji wrote, what about his own bani, i mean jaap sahib etc
ReplyDeleteI dont know where i could find the Shabad(pana No. of SGGS)hun param purkh ko dasa, bhai parkash hamara bhao, eh bidh karat tapasya bhao all the banies which S G Gobind Singh ji ne ucharan kiti about himself. Can somebody let me know. I tried to use sikhito the max, and pround tobe sikh websidte i could not find it says no shabad of this words.
ReplyDeleteWaheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh
ReplyDeleteabout the 1429 angs davinder singh here has not included Raagmala which is on the 1430th ang. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Does infact have 1430 angs. Davinder singh i ask you to stop spreading these lies raagmala is gurbanee whether you believe it or not it up to you but the Akaal Takhat has ordered us to never take out Raagmala which you have done here it is a mahapaap. and about guru gobind singh ji's banee there is one salokh of guru gobind singh ji that is in SGGS but the rest of guru ji's banee is in a seperate Granth which is known as Sri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji.
waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh