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Sabh
Sikhan ko Hukam Hai, Guru Maneyo Granth.
The
Panth is vowing to mark 300 Saal Guru De Naal and the
religious fervor is reaching a crescendo. Those in their
Sunday best and those seen in the world as the great
unwashed but whom the Guru always called His Own have been
on a journey of self-discovery . The Jagriti Yatra has been
one great experiment in connecting and reconnecting the Sikh
populace with the Guru Granth Sahib.
Winding
through busy bye lanes and highways, and traversing city
after city, the Yatra has witnessed the devout trudging to
stand for hours, waiting with folded hands, a few petals
carefully preserved, and eyes affixed searchingly for the
one sight. The darshan of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. When
religion is in the air, the spirit is intoxicating. Tonnes
of rose petals, quintals of langar material, truckloads of
ghee; can logistics ever help understand the power of a
devout’s mind as he waits by the side of a road, tired,
exhausted and supported by his little grandson?
Indeed,
the yatra has succeeded in creating Jagriti. No words would
have been worth the pictures we bring you here, that shall
serve as your prism to mingle with the multitudes
vicariously.
From
1969, when the fifth centennial celebrations of Guru Nanak
were held with a lot of aplomb all over India and the world,
Sikhs have never let an occasion go without larger than life
celebrations.
Distant
from the homeland Punjab, the revered historic city of
Nanded is buzzing with activity to welcome the throngs who
will congregate in October 2008 to mark the Tercentenary
year celebrations of Guruship of Guru Granth Sahib.
The
historic march carrying the handwritten copy of Guru Granth
Sahib scribed by Baba Deep Singh and the shastars (armory)
of Guru Gobind Singh ji has the mission to spread the
significance of the Shabad Guru concept from Nanded
to the whole wide world. Traversing the length and breadth
of India, the march has become a rallying point for Sikhs to
focus on the upcoming celebrations.
No
better way to drown the schismatic dera culture than the
assemblage of the devouts. The surge of the faithful was
limitless. The next challenge is to take this message beyond
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