In the lush fields of Matte di Sarai village in Muktsar district, Punjab, on March 31, 1504—under the full moon of Baisakh in Samvat 1561—a gentle soul was born to a Hindu family steeped in Sanatan Dharma’s warm traditions. This was Guru Angad Dev Ji, originally named Lehna, the second light of Sikhism after Guru Nanak. His father, Pheru Mal…
Blog Episode 3 of Sikhism Series. Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s nine Udasis—those monumental pilgrimages spanning over three decades and countless miles on weary feet—were no mere wanderings, but thunderous proclamations of Hari’s eternal truth against the gathering gales of division and tyranny. From the tender year 1500, when he was but 31, until his final breaths in 1539, Nanak traversed…
Blog Episode 2 of Sikhism Series. First Guru of Sikhism – Guru Nanak In the verdant embrace of Punjab’s ancient heartland, where the five rivers weave their silver threads through fields kissed by the eternal sun, a divine spark ignited on April 15, 1469, in the humble village of Talwandi—now revered as Nankana Sahib, cradled in the shadow of Lahore’s…
Blog Episode 1 of Sikhism Series. In the cradle of Punjab’s sun-kissed fields, where the eternal rivers of the Saraswati’s spirit still whisper through the soil, Sikhism unfurled like a radiant lotus from the ancient banyan of Hinduism—a divine offshoot, not a rupture, but a fierce guardian of Sanatan Dharma’s timeless flame. Here, amid the Vedic echoes of yajnas and…
Stanza 1 जन गण मन अधिनायक जय हेभारत भाग्य विधाता।पंजाब सिन्धु गुजरात मराठाद्राविड़ उत्कल बंग विध्य हिमाचल यमुना गंगाउच्छल जलधि तरंगतब शुभ नामे जागे, तब शुभ आशिष मांगेगाहे तब जय गाथा। जन गण मंगलदायक जय हे भारत भाग्य विधाताजय हे, जय हे, जय हे, जय जय जय जय हे Stanza 2 अहरह तव आह्वान प्रचारित, शुनि तव उदार वाणीहिन्दु बौद्ध…
Today is the beginning of my favorite month. Just like in god’s we have lord vishnu, in month’s we have “Shravana” or “Saawan”….. And what makes this most unique is: 1. It marks the beginning of festival season 2. It’s a month where people take “Baadha”, start reading religious texts and scriptures, worship and indulge in allied activities. It is…
