INTERNATIONAL AKHAND KIRTAN SMAGAM 2013 - DERBY UK

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Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa!! Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh!!

Akhand Kirtani Jatha UKs Annual INTERNATIONAL AKHAND KIRTAN SMAGAM 2013 will commemorate via the essence of Shabad Guru, Vaisakhi and 100th Anniversary of the Start of The Ghadar Movement (1913-2013) & The Vaisakhi Massacre of 1978 in Amritsar from Monday 25th March - Sunday 31st March 2013

Akhand Kirtani Jatha UK invites you to join sangat from all over the world for the 18th Annual International Akhand Kirtan Event. Many kirtani jathas and sevadaars from around the world will be taking part in kirtan seva. Gursikh Kirtanis have been invited from India, France, Australia, USA, Canada and throughout the Guru Khalsa Panth

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Smagam Breakdown

The programme details listed below will take place at Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Derby : -

Monday 25th March - Wednesday 27th March 2013

Sri Akhand Patth Sahib: 10am Arambh - 6pm Bhog followed by:

Rehras Sahib 6pm then Gurbani Veechar & Akhand Kirtan: 6-9pm

Thursday 28th March 2013:

Asa Di Vaar Kirtan: 5.30-9am

Rehras Sahib 6pm then Gurbani Veechar & Akhand Kirtan: 6-10pm

Friday 29th March 2013:

Asa Di Vaar Kirtan: 5.30-10am

Rehras Sahib 6pm then Gurbani Veechar & Akhand Kirtan: 6-10pm

Saturday 30th March 2013:

Asa Di Vaar Kirtan: 5.30-10am

Rehras Sahib 6pm then Gurbani Veechar & Akhand Kirtan: 6pm-12am

Sunday 31st March 2013:

Panthic Seminar: 10.30am-1pm

Raensbhai Kirtan

MAIN INTERNATIONAL RAENSBHAI KIRTAN ON Sunday 31st March 2013 from 7pm-5am at Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Princes Street, Derby, DE23 8NT. Tel : 01332 773010

For further details contact Gen Sec Bhai Rajinder Singh (07966 974505), email sevaa@akj.org

Amrit Sanchaar

AMRIT SANCHAAR: Sunday 31st March at 5pm at Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Derby

Can all ablakhyees contact Bhai Taranjeet Singh (07877 888874) to provide their names for the Amrit sanchaar. If you have questions, you can contact Jathedar Raghbir Singh on 01926 741 944 or Bhai Jarnail Singh on 01926 771 944 If any persons do not have full kakaars, then AKJ UK will provide them as part of the seva.

Live Broadcast

The whole Smagam & Raensbhai will be broadcast live on www.akj.org, Sangat TV (SKY 847) and Sikh Channel (SKY 840)

Additional Programmes

Special PANTH TIME on Saturday 30th March from 3pm - 5pm by Sikh Channel

· Panthic SEMINAR AZAADEE Dedicated to Ghadar Movement on Sunday 31st March, 10.30am - 1pm

· Special Q&A on Sunday 31st March, 4 - 5.30pm by Sangat TV

· Gurbani Kantth Competition on Saturday 30th March, 2 - 6pm

Contact: Giani Kulvinder Singh for details 07891 837208

· Special exhibitions will be on display in National Sikh Museum covering history from the Guru Khalsa Panths, the 1978 Shaheedi Saka and Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh

Accommodation

Accommodation has been arranged for the whole Smagam. Bibian accommodation has been specially arranged. For further details, contact Bhai Bhupinder Singh on 07719225401

Airport Pickups

Transport will be arranged for all Gursikhs arriving from abroad at Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham, and all other UK Airports. Please contact Bhai Onkar Singh (07737749556).

Coach Transport

Coaches/Mini-buses will leave from the following towns for the Raensbhai Keertan in Derby on Sun 31st March. Please reserve your seats with your town reps ASAP.

* Southall - Singh Sabha Havelock Rd at 5pm, Sevadaar Bhai Japsimran Singh 07400896809

* Slough - Khalsa School Wexham Rd at 5.30 pm, Sevadaar Bhai Onkar Singh 07737 749556

* Ilford - Singh Sabha High Rd, at 5pm. Sevadaar Bhai Upkar Singh 07747 770156

* Coventry - Singh Sabha Cross Rd at 6.30pm, Sevadaar Bhai Kulwant Singh 07854136413

* Woolwich - Ramgharia Gurdwara, Mason Hill, at 5pm, Sevadaar Bibi Navrup Kaur 07747 534502

* Croydon - Singh Sabha at 5pm. Sevadaar Bhai Harvinder Singh 07979 515849

* Tooting - Khalsa Centre Upper Tooting Rd at 4.30pm. Sevadaar Bhai Harvinder Singh 07979515849

* Gravesend - New Guru Nanak Gurdwara at 5pm, Sevadaar Bhai Seva Singh 07831 712430

* Manchester - Guru Harkrishan Gurdwara 6pm, Sevadaar Bhai Gurdip Singh / Bhai Jaskirat Singh 07723 921414

* Hitchin - Gurdwara, Wilbury Way at 5.30pm, Sevadaar Bhai Harkamal Singh 07816361811

* Leamington - New Gurdwara at 6.30pm, Sevadaar Bhai Joginder Singh 07723 367871

* South Shields - Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Kaas, at 5pm, Sevadaar Bhai Karnail Singh 07801 431855

* Reading - Singh Sabha, Cumberland Rd at 5pm, Sevadaar Bhai Parminder Singh 07984451061

* Bradford - Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Wakefield Road at 6pm, Sevadaar Bhai Maadho Singh 07850 947723

* Glasgow - Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Berkley Street, at 2pm, Sevadaar Bhai Manjit Singh 07769 354507

All other UK gurdwara's are requested to provide transport for their local sangat.

Please ring the designated area sevadaar to book your places on the coaches.

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This Month, Akhand Kirtani Jatha will be doing in addition to the above UK smagam, other smagams in Anandpur Sahib, Amritsar & Bathinda (India), Stockholm & Barcelona (Europe), Maryland, Boston, Bay Area (USA), Vancouver (Canada) and Melbourne (Australia). Many of these will be broadcast live on www.akj.org.

Recordings of smagams from Vancouver ( Canada ), California-Bay , New Jersey ( USA ), Seattle (USA), Bathinda ( India ) are now available to download on www.akj.org.

Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa!! Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh!!

Das Akhand Kirtani Jatha UK

Jathedar Raghbir Singh

For Smagam Details : Bhai Jaspal Singh 07788597073 / Bhai Bhupinder Singh 07719225401

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AKJ UK cordially invites all organisations, gurdwara sahibs, uk youth and saad sangat to attend a major panthic seminar during its Annual smagam on Sun 31st Mar at Gurdwara Singh Sabha Derby 10.30am to 1pm.

It will be dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Ghadar movement which was formed in 1913 to gain independance from the british, homage will be paid to shaheed Bhai Kartar Singh Sarabha, Bhai Sahib Bhai Randhir Singh and all other freedom fighters.

Talks, presentations will be done in English and Panjabi from the start of the ghadar movement and the incidents of partition, Panjabi suba aggetation, Amritsar 1978 shaheedi saka, 1984 darbar sahib attack and the on going onslaughts of the Sikh panth.

Bhai Harpreet Singh Canada will do kirtan seva, ardaas benti will also be done for the first shaheedi anniversary of Bhai Jaspal Singh Gurdaspur.

The seminar will be live on tv.