Amritsar, Punjab: At a time when the VIP culture in India is under threat from the ideology of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi, Harmandar Sahib, Sikhism’s premier shrine here, has been showing the way of treating everyone, including VIPs and celebrities, alike. Even being the Chief Minister of Punjab does not help here. Five-time Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal (86) ...

Jalandhar, Punjab: City residents celebrated the 348th Parkash Purb of Guru Gobind Singh with religious fervour and gaiety. Gurudwaras across the city were illuminated with lights. The celebrations started with the bhog ceremonies of akhand paths that started since Sunday in all the gurudwaras across the city. Thousands of people thronged the religious shrines on Tuesday. Prominent kirtan jathas from all ...

Bathinda, Punjab: A painter with a cause, this is what aptly describes the local brush-master, Amarjit Singh ‘Painter’, 50. Singh has been a sensitive soul and using his skilled, trained hand and subtle mind has painted the hymns of Guru Granth Sahib and Baba Farid into paintings that can make clear and relevant their meanings to even the illiterate, the deaf and ...

Amritsar, Punjab: Religious programmes to mark the death anniversary of Baba Deep Singh were held in the holy city. The Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh Shahid was decorated beautifully on the occasion and fireworks were performed at night. After two-day-long akhand path (continuous recitation of Guru Granth Sahib), bhog was performed today. Jaswant Singh, Former granthi at the Golden Temple, presented katha ...

Patiala, Punjab: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will inaugurate the newly constructed Sri Guru Granth Sahib Bhawan on the Punjabi University Campus here tomorrow. The new structure will house the Department of Guru Granth Sahib Religious Studies and will carry out both research and teaching activities with focus on Sikh studies. Vice Chancellor of the university Dr Jaspal Singh said ...