dharamyudh

11 hours ago, ipledgeblue said:

I would like to find out more about Sant Baba Mani Singh ji please?

 

Also why is the gurdwara called Akal Bunga Sahib and what is the connection with Akali Bunga/ Akal Takht?

Sant Baba Mani Singh was a Mahapurakh born and raised in Smethwick. My family is from Smethwick and they used to tell me he used to be in bana 24/7. He passed away fairly young. 

Regarding the Akal Bunga connection, I guess he took inspiration from the puratan name of Akal Takht. I doubt there is any real connection beyond that. He basically restored an old church and turned it into a Gurdwara. 

On 7/17/2022 at 12:21 AM, MisterrSingh said:

Jathas and sects severely weakened us. A billion+ strong religion like Islam can afford to mess around with its Shia-Sunni nonsense. For us, even anti-DG issues are clearly manufactured to create distance and differences. The founders of sects care more for their own glory and remembrance than for the unification and prosperity of the Sikh faith as a unit. There was never any need for sects in Sikhi.

You're 100% right. Sects absolutely destroyed us. Heck, I'm even trying to overcome my own personal biases because of it. Dal Khalsa was one unified unit with a unified group of people, beliefs, marayada etc. It was one of the reason why things like the Sarbat Khalsa and jathedari worked so well in the past. However, as many of us have seen, these things are so difficult to apply in the current Sikh world due to these jatha loyalties. 

8 hours ago, Ranjeet01 said:

I think that it is important to read this as we Sikhs currently lack  understanding human nature or we feel guilty about some of the uglier aspects and we try to blot it out and focus on the positives.

There is a deliberate ploy by certain parties to ensure Dasam Bani is kept from Sangat so to keep us in the dark.

I for one will make an effort to read charitars 

100%. Bani dives and explores all the vices that confine us. For some reason, most likely deliberately, these mlecchas think that topics about Kaam are off limits. 

8 hours ago, SikhKosh said:

So the oldest reference to five 'takhts' you could find was from 1880 (172 years after Guru Gobind Singh, touching the 20th century) ?

Are these takhts mentioned by name in Suraj Parkash or Gur Bilas, or other older scriptures ?

Dunno, maybe crack them open and read for them for yourself in order to answer your question. 

I think it's a pretty reliable source. Baba Sumer Singh Ji, Mahant of Takht Patna Sahib, was part of Giania Bunga whose educational/scholarly institution traces their lineage back to the likes of Bhai Mani Singh all the way to Maharaj themselves. I also believe Mahakavi Santokh Singh Ji belonged to this Bunga. 

On 3/4/2022 at 9:32 PM, dharamyudh said:

Young picture of Jathedar Baba Maan Singh Ji Guru Nanak Dal 

Found the full picture. Babaji is with his pitaji, Singh Sahib Jathedar Baba Kehar Singh Ji Guru Nanak Dal Tarna Dal. 

Singh Sahib Baba Bishan Singh Ji and Singh Sahib Baba Kirtan Singh Ji Misl Shaheedan Tarna Dal Baba Bakala Sahib. 

Photo of Giani Gian Singh Ji Nirmale, author of Naveen Panth Prakash. Credit to @ThakurJanHari on Twitter for this gem.  

On 6/9/2022 at 8:31 AM, Guest Yug said:

Any tips or video on how to best tie it 

Haven't found videos but it's pretty easy. All you need is the full voile material. Here is a video that has similar steps but I'll tell you what things you need to do differently. Tie your joora up and start the video when the Singh begins to tie his yellow material. 

Okay, here are the different steps you need to do. With his yellow material, this Singh makes a triangle base larh and covers his ears. What you wanna do is go above your ears. Once you do this step, cover the triangle (like he does). This is personal preference, but if you want material to show on the side of your dastar you tie your second larh slightly above (this Singh wants to show the whole material on the side). If you wanna keep it like you see in the frescos, you basically go over your first larh again and cover the triangle. 

At this stage, you'll have something similar to this, only difference is that your material wont be covering your ears and you won't have a bunga/keski. 

Now, you have to pull material from this larh out to cover your joora. Pull this material over to cover it and use your free hand to hold it down. While holding it down, tie your third larh over to secure the material. This will give you the shape you see in the puratan pictures where the Singhs jooras would stick out. You can also do the joora covering step after you do your third larh and secure it with your forth. Again, personal preference. 

For the forth larh, you just wanna go ever so slightly above your third larh, almost as if the two are blended. Make sure for both your third and forth, you go low from the back (occipital bone region). Tuck in the remaining material and that should be it.

Original Misl/Jangi Era Dastar all the way. 

35 minutes ago, ipledgeblue said:

who is red pagh?

The scholar who wrote the article.