Guneet Kaur Ji & Jagjeet Singh Ji "Sony"

Bhenji Guneet Kaur Ji doing kitran at Guru Granth Sahib Academy (GGS Academy) in Toronto, Canada on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2006. Benji has an M.A. in music and has been blessed with such a beautiful voice.

Tabla is being played by Veerji Jagjeet Singh Ji "Sony" who is an expert in playing classical tabla.

Sansaar Samunde Taar Gobindae - Shabad by Manpreet Singh Ji

Guru Har Rai Ji giving the royal physician a medicine for Dara Shikohs cure.

Prince Dara Shikoh the dearly loved elder son of Emperor Shah Jahan was taken seriously ill, some say poisoned by his younger brother Aurangzeb. the royal physician learned that the medicine required was available at a hospital set up by Guru Har Rai Ji. the Emperor wrote a letter repenting his past hostility against the House of Guru Nanak and requested forgivness. Guru Sahib Ji gave the medicine and the prince was cured.

On the invitation of Delhi's Sikh Community, Guru Harkrishan Ji went to Delhi and stayed with Raja Jai Singh. Now Gurdwara Bangla Sahib stands at this place.

Guru Harkrishan Sahib in Delhi with the city in the grip of an epidemic. Guru Ji went all over the city through narrow lanes and gave succour to all in anguish without any discrimination.

Guru Amar Das and King Akbar

Akbar was a famous king of India. He was a kind and good king and respected the Sikh Gurus for their sensible practises and their fair and just teachings. In the year 1569, Akbar came to the Punjab and wanted to see the Guru.
So he sent a message to Guru Amar Das ji that he was coming to visit him. The Sikhs were very happy at the news. Some Sikhs thought that special arrangements should be made to welcome the king.
But the Guru said, "Akbar is as much a human being as others are. The Guru's place is open to all. The king and his subjects, the Hindus and the Muslims, the rich and the poor are all equal here. So Akbar will be welcomed like all other visitors to the Guru's place and special arrangements need not be made."

The holy crest (Kalgi) of Guru Gobind Singh Ji procured from the archives of Princess Bamba Dalip Singh (daughter of Maharaja Dalip Singh, the last Emperor of the Punjab)

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Sikh 1985 - Asa Ki War Keertan - at Darbar Sahib, Amritsar

Quotations from Adi Granth: Bravery

1. Brave is he, who possessing strength displays it not,and lives in humble ways.GURU I, MAJH RAG

2. He is brave,Who fights for the down-trodden.KABIRJI, SHALOKAS

3. Only the brave person dies a worthy death,For he is accepted by the Lord after his death.GURU I, VADHANS RAG

4. He is brave in this world,Who is coloured with the dye of His Nam.GURU V, JAITSARI RAG
5. Nanak, he is the bravest of the brave,Who hath overcome his inner ego.GURU III, SHALOKAS

Sikh Officer discusses a war plan with other senior Indian military commanders.

Major General M.H. Ansari, Commander of Pakistan's 9 Division is pleasantly relieved as he surrenders to Major General M.S. Brar, Commander of India's 4th Division.

A contingent of Sikhs marching accross the Mall in London at the Victory March of 19th July 1919.

A maxim-gun section of Sikh soldiers marching to battle

Sikh soldiers charging the German Trenches at Neuve Chapelle between 10 and 13 March 1915 (from a local newspaper of that time).

French woman pinning a flower to honor Sikh soldiers arriving in France 1914.

Sikhs in World War 1

Baba Buddha places a tikka (a mark of distinction) on the forehead of Guru Arjun Dev, pronouncing him the fifth Guru. Guru Ram Das is seated on the right.

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Sikh 1987 - The Ishnan Sewa at Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar - The washing of the floors in the early morning.

Toskekhana

The Toshekhana(Sikh Treasure House)of Darbar Sahib Amritsar - includes the Jarau Chattar, Sehra, and canopy donated by Maharaja Ranjit Singh.The Canopy was destroyed in the 1984 army attack.

A Muslim calligrapher spent the best part of his life preparing a copy of the Holy Quran. Failing to sell his work to the Muslim chiefs of India, he came to Lahore. Maharaja Ranjit Singh paid a fabulous price for this work. While giving donations to religious places he never made any discrimination.

A very rare painting of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh

A Durbar at Phillaur. The Maharaja with his glorious courtiers, warriors and visitors.

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Sikh - Guru Gobind Singh's Shabad 'Rayman Aiso Kar Sanyasa' - footage of Hazoor Sahib from 1969 Vocals by Asha Bhonsle

Quotations from Adi Granth : Life And Death

1. From days, quarters from quarters hours; so our life wears off. For death, like hunter or a butcher walks abroad; O, what is one to do to save oneself ? (Rag Dhanasri, Bhagat Kabirji)

2. Thy forelocks are in the Yama's grip, still knowest thou not, O mind? (Tilang M. 1)

3. My wife, son, father, brothers, O none of them will hold my hand. And when I fall in the grave, not one will come to my rescue, when the last prayer is read. (Rag Tilang M. 1)

4. One remembers not the time when the thorn of death will pierce him through. Nanak: Him the Lord saves, in whose heart, by His Grace, He Himself dwells. (Tilang, M. 4)

5. One's riches, chariots, possessions and dominions which one cherishes, all becomes strangers to one, when the noose of death grips one's neck. (Tilang, M. 9)

6. By true living, they who find the Truth and receive the Wisdom of the Guru they are neither born nor do they die. Their comings and goings are ended. (Sri Rag M. 1)

7. Honoured were they by God (who) kept death ever before their eyes, and equipped themselves with the Lord's Name. (Sr Rag M. 2)

Two pens belonging to Guru Gobind Singh Ji

A stringed instrument, the Rabbab of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

Inside the HariMandir. An exceptional scene captured by the artist during 19th century. Observe particularly the way Guru Granth Sahib has been 'parkaashed', e.g. without any higher padestal.

Quotations from Adi Granth: Dowry

O my father, gift away to me the Dowry of the Lord's Name. Let the Lord be my Wear, His glory my Beauty, that my Task beaccomplished.Blessed is the Lord's Worship; the True Guru has blessed me with it.In all lands, nay, in all Universe Pervades the Glory of the Lord; the giftof the Lord's (Name) is matchless; all other Dowry displayed by theself-willed is false egoism and a vain show.O my father, bless me with the Dowry of the Lord's Name. (Sri Rag M. 4)

Quotations from Adi Granth: Charity

1. He who earns by his own exertions,And gives something out of his earnings in charity,Nanak, has found the way to the Lord.GURU I, SARANG RAG

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Sikh 1985 - Hukumnama from Siri Guru Granth Sahib at Darbar Sahib , Amritsar

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Sikh - Asha Bhonsle sings the Shabad 'Mere Sahib' footage shows various gurdwaras including Patna Sahib - birth place of Guru Gobind Singh as they were in 1969

Stories from the Life of Guru Gobind Singh ji

Telling the life of the 10th Sikh Guru.