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AmritSarovar Team wishes you on the occasion of Diwali (Bandi Chorr Diwas) and 300 years of Guru Gaddi Diwas of Guru Granth Sahib Ji. 
May the festival of lights brings you confluence of happiness, bliss and prosperity. 
 
Bhai Gurdas Ji in his Vaaran has drawn an image of lamps
 
Diwali Di Raat Deevae Baleean (Lamps are lighted in the night of Diwali Festival), 
Taare Jaath Sunaath Ambur Bhaaleean (Stars of different variety appear in the sky) , 
 
Let us all remember Guruji and pray for one’s own relase from the imprisonment like 52 Rajas helped by Guruji to be freed from Gwalior fort. Let us pray for our liberation from the worldly bonds and act upon Guru’s path of truthfulness in the human life time i.e. to be one with Waheguru/Lord.
 
Talking about the significance of Diwali.Everyone knows of martyrdom of Bhai Mani Singh ji but not aware about its association with Diwali. You may already know about its association with Diwali but I would like to share this with you, we also remember them everyday in our Ardas (Jina Singha Singhnia ne Dharam Het Bandh Bandh Kataye) 
 
Martyrdom of Bhai Mani Singh Ji
 
An important Sikh event associated with Diwali is the martyrdom in 1734 of the elderly Sikh scholar and strategist Bhai Mani Singh, the Granthi (preacher) of Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple). He had refused to pay a jaziya - special tax imposed by the Muslim rulers - on a religious meeting of the Khalsa on the Diwali day. This and other Sikh martyrdoms gave further momentum to the Khalsa struggle for freedom and eventually success in establishing the Khalsa rule north of Delhi
Bhai Mani Singh was a great scholar and he transcribed the final version of Guru Granth Sahib upon dictation from Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1704. He took charge of Harmandir Sahib’s management on 1708. In 1737, he received permission from Mughal governor of Punjab, Zakarya Khan for celebrating Diwali at Golden Temple for a massive tax of Rs. 5,000 (some authors say it was Rs 10,000). Invitations were sent to the Sikhs all over India to join Bandi Chhorh Diwas celebrations at Harmandir Sahib. Bhai Mani Singh thought he would collect the tax-money from the Sikhs as subscriptions who would assemble for the purpose of Diwali Celebrations. But Bhai Mani Singh Ji later discovered the secret plan of Zakarya Khan to kill the Sikhs during the gathering. Bhai Mani Singh Ji immediately sent message to all the Sikhs not to turn up for celebrations. Bhai Mani Singh could not manage to arrange the money to be paid for tax. Zakariya Khan was not happy about the situation and he ordered Bhai Mani Singh’s assassination at Lahore by ruthlessly cutting him limb-by-limb to death. Ever since, the great sacrifice & devotion of martyr Bhai Mani Singh Ji is remembered on the Bandi Chhorh Diwas (Diwali) celebration.

A Very Good News for Sikhs.Doordarshan has come up with a special seven part series ”Guru Manyo Granth” on the ocassion of 300th anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. It has been created after a extensive research from Sikh Scholars.

The coverage has been done of many gurudwaras relating to sikh gurus and bhagats who’s bani is written in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.The program is scheduled to be telecasted daily from 24th to 30th October, 2008 at 8.30 PM to 9.00 P.M on the DD National Channel (DD-1). The series covers the entire history and philosophy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in the following seven parts:

1. Compilation of Guru Granth Sahib 
2. Accession of Gur Gaddi to Guru Granth Sahib 
3. Raag arrangement of Gurbani 
4. Depiction of Nature in Guru Granth Sahib 
5. Bhagat Bani 
6. Universal Message 
7. Gavo Sachi Bani-Live musical concert in which eminent Ragi jathas participated held at Takht Sri Kesh Garh Sahib, Anandpur

The same series has been translated in Punjabi by Doordarshan Jalandhar and they will telecast the Punjabi edit of same series during the times of celebrations of 300 saal guru de naal.

Waheguru ji ka khalsa

Waheguru ji ka fateh

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