Sri Harmandir Sahib to get trained women ragis

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Golden Temple to get trained women ragis

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 22

The women ragis who will be well versed with the Gurmat raagas will be available for presenting their performance from the Golden Temple from next year for the first time, thanks to Punjabi University.

Bibi Jagir Kaur, President, SGPC, had publicly announced that whenever there will be trained women ragis, they would be given a chance to perform kirtan from the sanctum sanctorum.

Dr Gurnam Singh, Prof and Head, Department of Gurmat Sangeet and Head of Gurmat Sangeet Chair, Punjabi University, Patiala, said that half of the students of MA, Gurmat musicology, being run by the varsity were girls.