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WJKK WJKF Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji's Pehla Parkash Divas will be celebrated at Guru Nanak Gurdwara Bedford on Saturday 1st September from 6pm till 9pm. The Ragi Jatha's attending are Bhai Jaswinder Singh Ji, Bhai Jasbir Singh Khalsa (Hazoori Ragi Sri Darbar Sahib Amritsar) and Bhai Harbaljit Singh (Batala Wale). All sangat requested to attend!!!! See poster attached for more details1st Sept 12.pdf

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh All sangat are requested to attend a special Kirtan Darbar at Guru Nanak Gurdwara, 84 Ford End Road, Queens Park, Bedford, MK40 4JX on Saturday 20th November 2010 from 6pm till Midnight featuring Bhai Davinder Singh Sodhi, Bhai Amarjit Singh Nanaksar Wale, Bhai Bahadur Singh Rocket and Veer Manpreet Singh. Please ensure you attend this fantastic evening of Gurbani Kirtan. Poster 20.11.2010.pdf

WJKK WJKF Bhai Harbaljeet Singh Ji will be doing Kirtan on Sunday 18th October, 6-8pm at Guru Nanak Gurdwara, 84 Ford End Road, Queens Park, Bedford, MK40 4JX. Please attend this special Kirtan Darbar

WJKK WJKF I am a little upset with some of the comments made by my fellow Singh's. We have a brother who would like some tips regarding how his dhari should be tied and kept comfortable for work. On the other hand we have other brothers who have mentioned the word 'messy'. London001 did not mention that his dhari was messy at all. In society today we have so many problems with youth cutting their hair and dhari's. Is it really a good idea to tell people that if they think their dhari is 'messy' then they should consider why they keep their dhari? Are we here to encourage our Sikh brothers and sisters to stop beadbi of their kesh or discourage them because they shouldn't tie their dhari's????? Please think before we start hurting the feelings of our brothers and sisters! Phul Chuk Maaf

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Bhai Satvinder Singh Ji, Bhai Harvinder Singh Ji (Delhi Wale) will be performing Gurbani Kirtan on Saturday 26th April from 7pm. Venue: GURU GOBIND SINGH GURDWARA 152-156 BEDFORD ROAD KEMPSTON BEDFORD MK42 8EL TEL: 01234 294099 Please make every effort to attend this special kirtan programme

Its a shame the quality is poor in places. Any chance of uploading it again in better quality?

Fateh Ji, I'm from Bedford and I also go to Bedford Uni. I don't know of any youth programmes that happen regularly in Bedford although Guru Nanak Gurdwara does provide sikh classes etc every week. Please let me know if you need any more help.

why not name and shame the members who have dissed the youth?

best thing to do is inform people like the charity commission or local government. Once they hear of unrest in the community they fund they will want to investigate. Don't forget that most gurdwaras are claiming money from governement on the name of sikh youth (punjabi class).

why not have a tournament where various ragi do kirtan in raag. Every mistake means a point deduction and the sangat votes for their best ragi on the day along with the view of professional judges. Could be fun, or not! LOL

well the committee just wants to spend the minimum on the gurdwara. They'll only do something unless its really needed. I can't see someone reversing into this area, looks more like a truck driven at a high speed. Let us know once the buildings fixed folks.

I'm waiting to here of these stories. I can't believe that Singh Sabha Southall (the head office of sikhs in England) is so corrupt! However, as all gurdwara i no that it has its fair share of trouble. If there is some kind of discrimination against youth then make the public aware my brothers and sisters.

That leads us back to my earlier comment that the committee members need to sort themselves out rather than picking on the youth. I think the term 'sikhi begins @ home' is quite good. Think about it, if our parents all sat us down when they do path, let us take amrit when ready and encouraged us to live the sikh way we won't have any problems with youth not going to gurdwaras because they don't understand whats going on. Also i keep reading about 'youth getting arrested by committees' please add past experiances that you know of.

another topic: does it matter if the pakli is a million bucks?

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Fateh Ji, I use a Sony mini disk recorder with a microphone which i put on the stage (clip onto the gurdwara mic). The quality is usually clear but the only thing you can listen to the kirtan is on the mini disk player.

I'm not being picky or personal to you guys, i just want to get as much depth as i can from this topic. We've gone off topic now though hunna. You can't blame the committee everywhere, i strongly believe that somewhere in a little town there are gursikhs who run the gurdwara sahib to all the maryada.

Atam Ras 2006 has been great but don't you think the sevadar could reduce the ragi's attending to 3 so that they each do one hours kirtan. This will also save the costs of 2 ragi jathas! Why not do 2 atam ras kirtan darbars with 3 ragi's?

1 - Why Should they? That's the reason in the decline in youths attending. neither is that attitude required. a majority, yes a majority speak english and we need to move with the times. Otherwise the buddhe can sit on the Gurwara until they pop their clogs and the Gurdwara will remain empty afterwards. THIS is where we fail, all other religions make there parchaar in English spanish whatever language is required!! Guru Nanak did the same! 2 - Well there you have it, if the haircutting is the barrier, and you don't let them in, ,it's not the fault of the youth they turn to other religions & sharab/drugs etc! 3 - What? You've obviously not been around Mr! All other religions actively do parchaar anywhere they can. You sit inside your Gurdwara and do it to the walls! 4 - Why won't they step down? The sangat put them there the sangat must bring them down! What is the 'seva' they don't like? The real seva or the seva of not allowing the halls to be used for the kanjar puna they love indulging in!! Joothi lak ke taan devan sir roda kar Committee walian da!! :e: 1. It is the responsibility of all parents to teach their kids punjabi! i take it you don't speak punjabi baba ji? 2. I add that the kids of the committee members are the clean shaven so called 'sikh' and nobody will say anything to them regardless of what they do. 3. How can you do PROPER parchar outside the gurdwara, will you be providing degh and langar? Will you be presenting your sangat with guru granth sahib ji? 4. I can assure u that the committee is not elected by sangat as they only do 'seva' as nobody else can be bothered with the hassle of running a gurdwara/business

doing divans more regulalry makes more work for the gurdwara. lol some1 has to make some langar

LOL, whats the point in getting people to the gurdwara when they don't want to be there. We need to target sikhs who have pyar for the guru

i personally find the projector system quite good as it helps you to interact with the kirtan. However, some people argue that they spend time starting at a screen and don't sing along or listen to the kirtan.

1. LOL, giani speaking english. Why should they, its our job to learn punjabi. 2. Youth participation - what can they do, it can get complicated when most cut their hair etc. 3. sikhi month sounds good but can u guys b bothered to meet up 2 days running. can u lot do kirtan or play some part in the event? 4. sikh parchar should b done in the gurdwara not elsewhere. 5. Committees r a big problem, they won't step down or let others do seva that they don't like

what kind of things would u want @ the gurdwara in order to make u go regularly? i jus wanna know wot your thoughts r on the topic thanks