Hola Mohalla or Hola Mahalla or simply Hola is a Sikh festival that takes place on the first of the lunar month of Chet which usually falls in March. This, by a tradition estabished by Guru Gobind Singh, follows the Hindu festival of Holi by...
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Mela Maghi, held at the holy city of Sri Muktsar Sahib each year in January, or the month of Magh according to Nanakshahi calendar is one of the most important melas (fairs) of India and the most important of all religiously significant gatherings of the...
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Panj Pyare (Punjabi: ਪੰਜ ਪਿਆਰੇ, Pañj Pi'ārē, literally the five beloved ones), is the name collectively given to the five Sikh men,Bhai Daya Singh, Bhai Dharam Singh, Bhai Himmat Singh, Bhai Mohkam Singh and Bhai Sahib Singh by Guru Gobind Singh Ji at the historic...
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By Dr. Pavandeep Singh Sandhu Sunday 1st November 2015, the UK’s first national memorial commemorating the service and sacrifice of Sikh soldiers who fought during World War One will be unveiled at the National War Arboretum, Staffordshire. The “WW1 Sikh Memorial” is the first of its kind....
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Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib is located in Dhubri town on the bank of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India. The first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, visited this place in 1505 AD and met Srimanta Sankardeva on his way when he traveled...
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Mata Gujri (1624 -1705) (whose formal name was 'Mata Gujar Kaur') was the wife of the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur; the mother of the tenth and last human Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh and the grandmother of the four Sahibzade. She was born in...
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DISTINCT in the way we look and dress we only have God to impress DISTINCT in what we eat and drink and in what we say and think DISTINCT in how we look and talk and in how strong we walk DISTINCT with the 5Ks we wear and our long uncut hair DISTINCT in the people we know and...
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Bhai Kanhaiya Ji (1648–1718), was a Sikh of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji and was requested to establish the Sevapanthi or Addanshahi order of the Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Bhai Sahib was born in a Dhamman Khatri family of Sodhara near Wazirabad in...
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"Khalsa mero roop hai khaas, Khaalse meh hau karau nivaas Khalsa is my form special, In Khalsa I live Khalsa mero mukh hai angaa, Khaalse ke haun sad sad sangaa Khalsa is my body, With Khalsa Im ever ever present Khalsa mero mitar sakhaaee, Khalsa maat pita sukhdaaee Khalsa my...
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KHALSA TURBAN: PAGG NAAL TERI SARDARI KHALSA, RAKH EHNU JAAN TON PIYARI KHALSA, EH PRATEEK KHALSAEE SHAAN DA, JAG VICH TERI VAKHRI PEHCHAN DA, DIKH TERI ES NE SHINGARI KHALSA, PAGG NAAL TERI SARDARI KHALSA. JADON TU SAJAVE DASTAAR SIR TE, BAJJAN WALA DINDA YE PIYAR SIR TE, CHARH JANDI PIYAR DI KHUMARI KHALSA, PAGG...
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