guru nanak

GURU NANAK IN HABASH WILAYAT AFRICA Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal Guru Nanak went further down towards Africa also known as Habash Wilayat as mentioned in Sikh chronicles. In Arabic, the elevated plateau on the east of the Nile, from which most of the waters of that river are derived, is...

GURU NANAK IN ARAB Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal Saudi Arabia is an Arab state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. Approximately 2.15 million km2 in area, Saudi Arabia is geographically the fifth-largest state in Asia and second-largest state in the Arab...

BOOK REVIEW By Prof. Harbans Lal, Ph.D.; D.Litt. (Hons). "Science and Sikhism: Conflict or Coherence" (Anthology of Essays on Various Concepts in Sri Guru Granth Sahib), 334 pages Author: Dr. D.P. Singh Singh Brothers Publishers, Amritsar, India When I received the newly published book my...

Much of what the average Sikh know about Guru Nanak is narrated through some 2,000 odd stories. The source of these so called sakhis is NOT the writings of Guru Nanak, argues DR KARMINDER SINGH Eminent Sikh scholar Bhai Gurdas Ji – a contemporary of Guru Arjun Dev ji, and in whose hand the...

In the year 1510 AD, Taajudin Naqshbandi, a Persian/Arabic writer met Guru Nanak Dev ji during his journey through the Middle East. For the next two years, Taajudin lived with the Guru and kept a detailed eyewitness account in a manuscript titled Siyahto Baba Nanak Fakir. After taking a leave...

GURU NANK IN KAMRUP AND ASSAM Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal From Dhaka Guru Nanak set out for Kamrup. The Koch kings ruled the then Kamroop kingdom and its extent included Dhubri, Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Nalabari and Kamrup district of modern Assam, portions of Northern Bengal and...

GURU NANAK IN SIKKIM Dr Dalvider Singh Grewal Perched in the lap of the Eastern Himalayas, below Kanchandzonga It is bounded by Tibetan plateau (north), Nepal (west), Chumbi valley of Tibet & Bhutan (east) and West Bengal (south). Its area is hilly, heights ranging from 800 to 28000 feet above...

GUR NANAK IN Tibet Tibet autonomous region (TAR) as shown in the map is a sp{censored}ly populated mountainous region in Asia on the northern side of the Himalayas, situated on the vast elevated plain of the Tibetan plateau, north of Bhutan and Nepal. Tibet occupies an area of 1,228,400 km²...

Edited & Translated By: Inderjit Singh Foreword - I feel flattered by the opportunity to write this prologue to the book that describes Guru Nanak’s travel to far off countries that were the mainstay of Muslim culture and Islamic religion. Guru Nanak attached great importance to this mission of...

Guru Nanak at Omkareshwar Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Omkareshwar is one of the most sacred towns situated in Madhya Pradesh on Indore-Khandwa Highway. The holy town is situated on the meeting point of two rivers- Narmada and Kaveri. Meeting between two of these most prominent rivers of India...

ਜਪੁਜੀ ਪਉੜੀ ਬਾਈ ਤੇ ਤੇਈ ਦੀ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਡਾ: ਦਲਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਗ੍ਰੇਵਾਲ ੨੧ਵੀਂ ਪਉੜੀ ਵਿਚ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਸੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਮਾਨ ਰਚਨਾ ਦੇ ਰਚੇ ਜਾਣ ਦੇ ‘ਆਦਿ ਕਾਲ’ ਦਾ ਪਤਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੋ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਪਤਾ ਲਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਸਿਫਤ ਸਲਾਹ ਵਿਚ ਹੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਦਾ ਵਿਸਥਾਰ ਵੀ ਵੇਖੀਏ ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਅੰਤ ਨਹੀਂ। ਇਸ ਦਾ ਹਿਸਾਬ ਵਿਚ ਵੇਦ ਗਏ...

Qaum ne paiġhām-e-gautam kī zarā parvā na kī The nation could not care less about Gautama’s message— qadr pahchānī na apne gauhar-e-yak-dāna kī It did not know the price of its unique pearl! aah bad-qismat rahe āvāz-e-haq se be-ḳhabar Poor wretches! They never heard the voice of truth: ġhāfil...

SIKHISM AS THE UNIVERSAL RELIGION Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Dalvinder45@rediffmail.com, 919815366726 (Abstract of Paper presented in Global Sikh Conference held in March 2017 in Malaysia) A persona is said to be acceptable universally if he considers all being as equal and has love...

Pilgrimage to Emnabad Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal We reached Eminabad from Kartarpur very late on 19 November 2016 as the road was being expanded to four-lane. Eminabad(32°2`N, 74°16`E) then called Sayydpur is an ancient town in Gujranwala district of Pakistan. Tuzk-i-Babari makes a...

Visit to Kartarpur Sahib (Pakistan) Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Dera baba Nanak, Kartarpur (Ravi) On 19 November 2016, all pilgrims got lined up early morning to board buses for Kartarpur Sahib and Emnabad since time for the buses to leave was initially given to be 7 AM which was extended to...

Hassan Abdal- Saka Panja Sahib Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Hasan Abdal is a famous town in the North West district Attock of Pakistan. Karakuram Highway branches out from GT road at this place. We travelled to the place from Nankana Sahib. Our train started at about 5PM on 15 November 2016 from...

Guru Nanak in Afghanistan-II Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Jalalabad Formerly calledAdina Puras documented by the 7th century Hsuan-tsang, Jalalabad is a city in northeast of Kabul on the road to Peshawar at the junction of the Kabul Riverand Kunar River near the Laghman valley. [67] It is...

GURU NANAK IN AFGHANISTAN Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Guru Nanak visited Afghanistan during his fourth Udasi (journey) twice; the first time during the return journey from the Middle East and the second time when he took Shahzda son of Bhai Mardana to Khorram Shahr (Iran). According to Giani...

GURU NANAK IN CENTRAL ASIA Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Central Asiais the core region of the Asian continentand stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russiain the north. It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia, and...

GURU NANAK IN IRAN Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Guru Nanak visited Iran thrice; first while going from Karachi to Aden he visited Bushahar Bander, second time when going from Medina to Baghdad he visited Basra and third time after returning from Turkey and beyond when he visited Tabriz...