Re: Gurmat Gian Group - Gurmat Sangeet
Here is a write up in The Sikh Times of UK by Sardar Gurmukh Singh Ji (elder brother of musician Daya Singh of Australia) recently:
(Note for non-Panjabi readers: Meanings of Panjabi words are given below the article *)
It was on 8 August that Dr Manbir Singh of Gurmat Gian Group copied me in on his e-mail to a number of Sikhs in the diaspora with two introductory lines, “Welcome to Kirtan by Young Sikh Women Musicians of Gurmat Gian Group. Enjoy this Shabad Video.”
The click-on website given was
Oha Prem Piri Gurmat Gian Group’s Blog
I heard the theme Shabad, “Oha Prem Piri” and was left speechless ! Became deeply interested in this remarkable initiative at Ludhiana, in central Panjab, my home city. Gurbani Kirtan “rassias” (spiritual listeners) seem to run out of superlatives when expressing their appreciation of Kirtan by the Bibian of the Gurmat Gian Group.
Wrote Gyani Jarnail Singh of Malaysia, “This is exactly the way Ilahi (divine) Gurbani should be sung, in perfect taal, sur …....I congratulate these soul-brides of our Beloved Guru.....” Gyani Ji’s Gurbani expression “soul-brides” captures the ethos of the divine Kirtan by the Bibian of the Gurmat Gian Group, Keerat Kaur, Japjit Kaur and joining them in some Shabads, Jasleen Kaur, all led by Bibi Gurpreet Kaur ji.
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May Waheguru ji bless the Gurmat Gian Group.
• Panjabi word concepts used in this article:
Gurbani = Guru’s Word in Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Holy scripture
Kirtan = Religious singing
Shabad = Hymn from Guru Granth Sahib
Bibi (plural Bibian) = Term of respect for ladies
Sur & taal = in tune i.e. melodious singing (sur) to musical beat (taal)
Ardaas = Sikh supplication