Key information
Date: Saturday 06 April 2024
Time: 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue: Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London, WC2N 5DN, GB
Cost: Free
Key information
Date: Saturday 06 April 2024
Time: 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue: Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London, WC2N 5DN, GB
Cost: Free
Thousands of Sikhs will soon be gathering for the spectacular annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan celebration in Coventry. It will be taking place on Sunday, April 21.
A parade will be led by colourful floats and people dressed in traditional clothing, leaving from the Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash on Harnall Lane West at 10am. Organisers say the route will go down Howard Street, Stoney Stanton Road, Cross Road and Foleshill Road before finishing on Harnall Lane West.
Refreshments will be served along the route and the procession will finish with acrobatics and sword fighting known as Gatka. Attendees have been asked to park at City College on Bath Street and Eden Girls School.
Source: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventrys-colourful-vaisakhi-parade-date-28888685 (27 March 2024)
Gurdwara Sri Reetha Sahib is located in an area of outstanding beauty at the foothills of the himalayas.
Sri Guru Nanak Sahib Ji had an encounter here with Nath yogis whom he tried to bring to the path of active humanitarian service along with remembrance of God's name.
The hindu yogis uncharitably refused to provide food for Bhai Mardana who was hungry.
Guru Nanak miraculously made the normally bitter fruit of a Reetha (soapnut) tree sweet for Bhai Mardana so he could eat.
A soapnut tree (not the original one) is still here and Sikhs are given the prashad of sweet soapnuts.
However, the common belief that the nuts of only the one branch, under which the Guru had sat, are sweet is not true. Nor are all the nuts given as prasad from this one tree.
About ten kilometers from the Grudwara, there is a tract of land where such trees are grown and their fruit is collected and brought to replenish the Gurdwara's stock of prasad.
It is called Nanak Bagichi (lit. Nanak's garden).
The Gurdwara, also known as Gurdwara Meetha Reetha Sahib, is located at the confluence of the Lodhiya and Ratiya rivers.
It was constructed in the year 1960 and is situated near the Deyuri village.
Due to its religious background this place is considered as a holy place for Sikhs. Some Reetha trees are still here in the premises of the Gurdwara.
On the day of Vaisakhi Purnima, the holy day of the Sikhs, a fair is held in the premises of Gurdwara.
Source: https://www.discoversikhism.com/sikh_gurdwaras/gurdwara_sri_reetha_sahib.html
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa,
You can learn read Gurmukhi and speak Punjabi through Muharni. Muharni is an integral part of the practice of Punjabi phonology. If you have not mastered the Gurmukhi script you are strongly advised to learn the names of the Gurmukhi letters before beginning Muharni.
Muharni is the traditional way of learning Punjabi sounds by actually reciting them. It consists of letters of the Gurmukhi script in their natural order, each letter is followed by a vowel phoneme (matra) starting with that letter. This will equip you with every sound of Punjabi language whether consonant or vowel.
As a result, you will create a strong foundation in beginning to read Gurmukhi and speak Punjabi. Ideally, a learner should go through Muharni 100 times to fully remember the correct pronunciations.
Source: https://www.discoversikhism.com/punjabi/muharni.html
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