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After the collection of all the poetry was finished, Guru Arjan requested Bhai Gurdas to separate Guru's Bani. Then Guru Arjan personally scanned each verse. One day Guru Arjan asked Bhai Gurdas, "How can you recognize which is the true Gurbani and which is false?" Bhai Gurdas replied, "Only an unfortunate woman... "
"At this time Gursikhs known Gurbani, but the Sikhs of the future won't be able to recognize the genuine from the false poetry, so we must compile all the Guru's Bani in the form of Granth. The script should be simple Gurmukhi script."
[Guru Gobind Singh]opened the Sacred Granth, placed five paise and a coconut before it, bowed before it, then went round the Granth five times...
The old building of the historical Likhansar Gurdwara is being replaced with a new building, which is a few feet away from the old one. The dimension of its sarovar, where Bhai Mani Singh and Baba Deep Singh compiled Adi Granth under the supervision of Guru Gobind Singh, has been reduced.
Sikhs celebrate the 405th anniversary of the first installation of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, before the ninth Guru Teg Bahadur Ji’s writings were added
Just as Siri Guru Arjan Dev Ji gave us the priceless gift of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Canadian artist Kanwar Singh has given us an inspiring and moving vision of its creation.
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