kartarpuri bir

The fundamental question is the date of the preparation of the Banno Bir. It appears that the Banno story, despite its internal contradictions, remained unquestioned. However, in the forties, G.B. Singh, Giani Gurdit Singh and Giani Mahan Singh found that the date of production of the Banno...

The traditional story of copying out the Banno Bir from the Granth of the 5th Guru is that the Guru entrusted to Bhai Banno the job of getting the Granth bound at Lahore, but, Bhai Banno on his way from Amritsar to Lahore, employed many copyists and copied the Granth into what now constitutes...

According to the consistent tradition accepted by all concerned, there are certain writings and hymns present in the Banno Bir which are not present in the Kartarpuri Bir. These additional writings being unauthorised by the Guru, throughout the history and the tradition, the Banno Bir has been...

Vahiguru Jee Ka Khalsa Vahiguru Jee Kee Fateh ! With the anniversary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib (then known as Aad Granth) in Harimandir Sahib in a couple of days, I thought it opportune to remind ourselves of the authenticity of the Kartarpuri BiR, the original granth written in...