The day’s festivities began with a blissfully meditative Puran Asa De Vaar at 4:00 am at Guru Ram Das Ashram, artfully played by Hazoori Ragi Darbar Sahib, Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa and jetha.
The veil of night, the song of morning, the chirping of birds, the freshness of a cool breeze... are these not all prayers to the Almighty? Are not all surrendering their love to the Lord?
The recently released photo of Pulsar B1509 captures the X-Ray nebula in a state shaped like a human hand. NASA estimates the shape spans 150 light years.
The morning drizzle did little to dampen spirits as colourfully-dressed people from all faiths and cultures streamed through Vancouver’s thoroughfares, but the celebrations were mixed with political undertones.
These letters of Sikh soldiers project their courage, loyalty, will to win the war or die like Sikh heroes. They have followed the great Sikh tradition of saving mankind from any type of oppression.
The Malaysian prime minister making rotis! That was exactly what Najib Tun Razak did when he visited a Gurudwara here to greet the Sikh community on Baisakhi.
The major attraction of the celebrations was held at Sri Guru Gobind Singhji play grounds, Ameerpet, Hyderabad organised under the aegis of the Prabhandak Committee Gurudwara Saheb Ameerpet
Najib said that although the Sikh community was relatively small, in the region of 100,000 people, they had served the country well.
Sikhs across the country and here locally are outraged over two men who want to join the military, but will have to give up articles of their faith while in uniform.