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[Guru Ji De Panth Da Sevadar]

Guru Pyare Khalsa Jio,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa

Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh,

On January 1st 2006, the World will have voted for the new Seven Wonders of the World following the seven ancient wonders of the world, namely

• The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

• The Colossus of Rhodes

• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• The Lighthouse at Alexandria

• The Statue of Zeus

• The Temple of Artemis

• The Pyramids of Egypt

One of the nominated sites to be chosen as the New Wonder of The World is the Golden Temple in Amrtisar. In order for Sri Harimander Sahib Ji to be chosen as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, WE ALL NEED TO VOTE.

Recently I was selected as the UK Ambassador for the Wonder of World Project, which means I'm promoting the New Seven Wonders of The World Project in the UK.

If you want Sri Harimander Sahib Ji to be chosen, then please click on the link below, which will take you to the Global Voting Platform.

http://www.n7w.com/vote/ambassador/4393

You all have until the end of Februray 2005 to register your votes for the new Seven Wonders of the World. In March 2005, the 21 shortlisted nominated sites will go forward to the next stage of voting. From the 21 shortlisted sites, 7 will be chosen as the New Wonders of the World at midnight, January 1st 2006.

Remember you can vote as many times as you want, but make sure it's before 28th February 2005.

How to get your vote counted…………………

Click on the link above – This will take you to the Global Nomination Platform

Click on the tick box at the bottom of the page that

you agree to terms & Conditions and follow instructions on page

Scroll down towards the bottom of the page and look for the nominee table. Scroll down with the arrow to Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. Highlight and click on the site.

Underneath nominee, is nominees by country, scroll down with the arrow to Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. Highlight and click on the site, then follow instructions.

Select the country your from and follow the instructions.

In order to have your vote counted, you will need a personal code.

All you need to do is SMS the following numbers to receive your 6 digit code. The code is valid for one use only, and for one hour only from the time of your call.

SMS Line for UK

Send message ‘N7W’ to 63333 you will then receive a code by SMS

If you don’t have a mobile phone the telephone number is Telephone line for the UK is

09050530490 – Charge £0.50 GBP

Mod Edit: Charge for telephone number edited due to incorrect and misleading information

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Once you have received you 6 digit code, enter it into the entry box at the bottom of the website page and register your vote.

Please inform all your friends and family, so that they can also vote for Sri Harimander Sahib Ji as one of the New Wonders of the World. Forward this email to as many people as possible.

If the Golden Temple is chosen as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, it will put Sikhs and the Golden Temple on the global map, with the combination of World-Wide television exposure, lasting tourism and image benefits. All new Seven Wonders of the World will be announced live on television across the world.

During the unique and historic event – The Official declaration of the New 7 Wonders of the World – humanity will come together to announce the chosen seven. For the first time in over 2000 years, and maybe never again for another 2000 years, history will be made.

N7W will appoint one venue, one cit

y, as the Official Host venue for the Declaration.

Bhull Chuk Di Khema Karni,

Guru Ji Da, Sikh Panth Da Nimana Nitana Sevadar

Phaldip Singh

If you need further information email phaldip@yahoo.co.uk

[Guru Ji De Panth Da Sevadar]

Dear Brothers & Sisters,

If you've voted for Sri Harimander Sahib Ji (The Golden Temple) as the New Wonder of the World, please email

new7wonders@hotmail.co.uk

We need to get as many votes as possible, so please get voting.

Bhull Chuk Di Khema

Phaldip Singh

[Dhan Teri Sikhi]

ifTy sBy Qwv nhI quDu jyihAw ]

ddit(h)ae sabhae thhaav nehee thudhh jaehiaa ||

I have seen all places, but none can compare to You.

bDohu puriK ibDwqY qW qU soihAw ]

badhhohu purakh bidhhaathai thaa(n) thoo sohiaa ||

The Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny, has established You; thus You are adorned and embellished.

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080088]vsdI sGn Apwr AnUp rwmdws pur ][/color][/color]

vasadhee saghan apaar anoop raamadhaas pur ||

Ramdaspur is prosperous and thickly populated, and incomparably beautiful.

hirhW nwnk ksml jwih nwieAY rwmdws sr ]10]

harihaa(n) naanak kasamal jaahi naaeiai raamadhaas sar ||10||

O Lord! Bathing in the Sacred Pool of Raam Daas, the sins are washed away, O Nanak. ||10||

[AK-47]

whoa whoa whoa can you give us more details first please.

i remember the whole fiasco with the world heritage site thing. Is this similar? if harimandir sahib gets voted on, will people start taking over its preservation etc will it become a museum out of the hands of the sikhs?

[Guru Ji De Panth Da Sevadar]

Brother & Sisters,

By being given status of New Wonder of the World - All it means, is that It will be given global attention in the media etc. LIVE ON 1st JAN 2006.

Nobody from the Wonder of the World team has authority to take over the preservation of Sri Harimander Sahib Ji. NO STRINGS ATTACHED

Read Terms & Conditions on the website.

I urge you all to cast your votes ASAP.

This could lead the way to global media attention with the 300th Anniversary of the Gur Gadi Divas of Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji around the corner in 2008.

[kurtas]

whoa whoa whoa can you give us more details first please.

i remember the whole fiasco with the world heritage site thing. Is this similar? if harimandir sahib gets voted on, will people start taking over its preservation etc will it become a museum out of the hands of the sikhs?

There was no fiasco it was turned into one by those with vested interests and links with the certain kar seva wale who like to collect money then demolish our heritage.

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

please make this a sticky, also the number for canada does'nt work, i tried even calling thru the operator, this sux.... I NEED 2 DO THIS.

[KhalsaSingh]

What other benefits are there to Sri Harmandir Sahib (not golden temple sorry just a minor correction that its not called by its name), other than "Global Media Attn". To what end does this media attn include?

I hope you can understand when in a climate of Sri Harmandir Sahib being attacked 4/5 times over the past 30 years Sikh would have resevations about allowing non sikhs to engage in any so called 'promotion' as it has often been used as a guise for other activities.

Secondly I personally don't quite agree in this whole media promotion wonders of a world milarkieee.. I feel that Sri Harmandir Sahib should not be viewed/used as a tourist attraction or promoted as such. It should only be promoted and used for the manner in which any Gurdwara Sahib should i.e. to be used to enhance everyones spirituality, used to attain waheguroo. Not be promoted as "oooohhh what a beatiful attraction, wow what nice colours, ok trip over seeya later bye bye". However at the same time tourists visiting Sri Harmandir Sahib for whatever reason non Sikhi related could then possibly be exposed to Gurmat and brought closer to Sikhi.

So im not too sure myself. But I don't know if the current climate at Sri Harmandir Sahib would promote this unless somone is specifically going there for Gurmat. i.e. sevadars doing lectures on history, beauty of Gurbani in english and other languages so that the tourists can be exposed to Gurmat beyond what they can see.

[amandeep]

This initiative is just a money making excercise. The registration demands that you make a Premium Rate Phone call which costs 50pence (about $1) not 0.5pence (as is stated). There really isnt a great deal of merit to this other than some supposed publicity.

[H4RPAL]

It is a premium rate service- 50p for texts and phone calls to get an access number- I think amandeeps got it spot on