Learn Gurbani app

Improve your Gurbani reading with our app, offering accurate word pronunciation. Ideal for all ages, making Gurbani learning simple and accessible. Start your journey to Gurbani fluency today!

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Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gurbani.paathLearnApp&pli=1

IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/learn-gurbani/id6739427242

Learn Gurbani App

Help Us Build the Future of Sikhi To The Max!

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

Sangat Member Ji,

We are excited to share a remarkable opportunity to support the next major update of SikhiToTheMax, which aims to modernize and elevate this essential resource for Sikhs worldwide. 

Your donation today will be matched, doubling your impact! Thanks to Dasvandh Network's match fund, every dollar you contribute will go twice as far, helping us reach our goal faster and with greater efficiency.

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Why This Campaign Matters

SikhiToTheMax (STTM) has been an incredible tool, making Gurbani accessible in Gurdwaras and homes alike. To keep up with the fast-paced advancements in technology and meet the needs of our global Sikh community, we are on a mission to improve and expand STTM’s capabilities. The goal for Khalis is to create a more interactive and user-friendly platform for all generations, ensuring that everyone, regardless of age or background, can engage deeply with the wisdom of Gurbani.

How Your Support Makes a Difference

Your generous donation will directly contribute to:

• Speeding Up Development: By hiring skilled developers and mentoring junior team members, we can fast-track essential updates and innovations for STTM, ensuring long-term sustainability.
• Revamping the User Experience: A refreshed and accessible design will make searching and reading Gurbani easier than ever, enhancing the experience for all users.
• Innovative New Features: We are excited to introduce features like speech-to-text and live audio broadcasts, taking the platform to the next level for Sikhs globally.

Be a Part of This Transformative Journey

With your support, we can make a lasting impact. Every contribution, whether big or small, brings us closer to creating a powerful tool that will serve generations to come. And with Dasvandh Network's match fund in place, your donation will have double the power, doubling your role in this transformation.

Let’s come together to ensure that SikhiToTheMax reaches its fullest potential, helping Sikhs connect with Gurbani more deeply and effortlessly.

With gratitude,

Khalis Foundation

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• https://dvnetwork.org/projects/sikhi-to-the-max---next-major-update
• https://dvnetwork.org/organizations/khalis-foundation

Mundavani towards the end of Guru Granth Sahib symbolizes the completeness of the Guru’s teachings

It reminds us that everything we need - truth, contentment, and divine wisdom - is already laid out before us. It opens our hearts to live in eternal guidance and protection as we reflect on its message and carry it with us in all aspects of life. Audio courtesy of Bhai Balwinder Singh Rangeela.

Source: Navjot Kaur Virk, and posted on RSC forum

Guru Granth Sahib is meticulously organised into three sections, pre-raag, raag, and post-raag

The structure guides us through foundational teachings, spiritual poetry set to 31 raags, and a concluding summary. Each section is designed to lead us deeper into the wisdom and spiritual rhythm of Gurbani, offering a complete path for spiritual growth.

Source: Navjot Kaur Virk, and posted on RSC forum

Muharni

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

English To Gurmukhi Virtual Transliteration

This page allows you to write your name or a text in English and have it transliterated into Punjabi. To try it out, choose Punjabi as your language and begin typing. Simply write in English, once you press SPACE or hit ENTER you will see the phonetics of what you wrote in Punjabi.

See what your name (or other English phrases) looks like in Punjabi.

Try writing a phrase like 'Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh' or 'Tuhada ki haal hai' (how are you?)

(Please note: copying and pasting a word or sentence does not work, you have to type each word separately)

ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਫਤਿਹ 

Source: https://www.discoversikhism.com/punjabi/punjabi_gurmukhi_transliteration.html

Learn Gurmukhi Alphabet

Punjabi and Gurmukhi

Punjabi is language (what we speak). Gurmukhi is a script (how we write Punjabi).

Source: https://www.discoversikhism.com/punjabi/punjabi_gurmukhi.html

Learn Gurmukhi Alphabet

All letters of a script have three aspects. Every letter has a particular shape, particular name and it represent a particular sound. Sanskrit may have been one of the first languages to group the letters according to their sounds. At one time there were only thirty-five letters in the Gurmukhi script, but later, five more letters were added in order to accommodate other sounds correctly. This need arose because many lone words are used in Punjabi. More recently, an extra character ( ਲ਼ ) was introduced. The shape, name and sound of Gurmukhi alphabet is as above:

Note: ੳ, ਅ, ੲ are only vowel bearers. So they don't represent any sound independently except ਅ as mukta vowel.

It can also be noted that most of the characters have a horizontal line at the upper part. The characters are connected mostly by this line called head line to form a word. A letter in Gurmukhi script can be partitioned into three horizontal zones. The upper zone denotes the region above the head line, where the vowels reside, while the middle zone represents the area below the headline where the consonants and some sub-parts of vowels are present. The middle zone is the busiest zone. The lower zone represents the area below middle zone where some vowels and certain half-characters lie in the foot of consonants.

Listen to the full alphabet as well.

Source: 

https://www.discoversikhism.com/punjabi/punjabi_gurmukhi_alphabet.html