UNESCO clarifies on Harmandar Sahib status
Tribune News Service
05/07/2005
Amritsar, :-The Director, UNESCO, Prof M. Tawfik, has categorically stated that after granting the World Heritage Status (WHS), it becomes the responsibility of the organisation (UNESCO) to protect the site from any external aggression. Such security woul....
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Preserving manuscripts is his passion
Lakhwinder S. Gill
A small-sized Sri Guru Granth Sahib that can be placed in a matchbox may seem unbelievable, but you can find it in a library maintained by Mr Dalip Singh in a non-descript village of Mallu Nangal. “Mere kol ik copy hor vi si, Tohra Sahib de Kehn te main Ajaib ....
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THE TRUE KING AND THE FALSE KING
Emperor Jahangir had invited Guru Har Gobind to visit him in Delhi. The Guru had accepted the invitation. He had gone to Delhi. The Emperor received him with great honour. They met each other a number of times. The Emperor asked many questions about God and religion....
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NOT SAINTS, BUT SAINT SOLDIERS, NOW
Jahangir had come to believe that Guru Arjan Dev was a deadly danger to Islam. The Emperor was eager to force all non-Muslims to become Muslims. But the Guru’s teachings were making Muslims give up Islam and become Sikhs. Jahangir thought, ‘Islam has to be sav....
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