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BCategories beginning with "B"
Bhai Gurdas and the early Sikh literature
BAANA
Tags: sikh, battle, field, baana, dress, he/she, situation, moment, everready, discipline, world, singh
BAANA: Literally: dress. In Sikh cultural terminology it means all the five Kakaars (articles of faith) plus a Chola (a long shirt), a tight fitting trousers, a Kamarkassa (a belt to tighten Gaatra and like a sash around the waist) which make one...
BABA BAKALA
Tags: guru, sahib, bakala, bahadur, tegh, mata, bhora, ganga, hargobind, gurdwara, baba, darbar
BABA BAKALA (31°34`N, 75°16`E), a small town in Amritsar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind and Guru Tegh Bahadur. The original name of the place was Bakala. As Guru Har Krishan lay on his deathbed in Delhi, he was asked by...
BABA BAKALA GURUDWARA, AMRITSAR
Tags: guru, bakala, baba, dinars, bahadur, imposters, tegh, gurudwara, posing, sikh, place, village
BABA BAKALA GURUDWARA, AMRITSAR The historical shrine at Baba Bakala is associated with an important event in Sikh history. Here Makhan Shah Lubana declared from house top that he had found the true Guru. It may be recalled that before his death at...
BABA BOHAR
Tags: tree, baba, punjabi, ludhiana, play, bohar, banyan, itihas, sahit, kohli, imaginative, ample
Baba Bohar (The Old Banyan Tree) is a poetic play, a long monologue. A tree personified is in conversation with the children who are playing under it; it starts with the contemporary situation in Punjab and goes back to elaborating its glorious past...
BABA BOLDA HAI
Tags: singh, play, 1984, baba, main, delhi, bolda, gursham, speaks, subtlety, facts, representation
Baba Bolda Hai (The Old Man Speaks Out) of Gursham Singh is a play dealing with the 1984 riots in Delhi. Gursharan Singh points to the people responsible for this ghastly act and criticises main the political leaders who, in his view, were the real...
BABA NAUDH SINGH,
Tags: singh, sikh, bhai, naudh, life, baba, subhagji, jamuna, 1973, seeks, chandigarh, present
BABA NAUDH SINGH, whose full title. "The Redemption of Subhagji through the Grace of Baba Naudh Singh," pronounces the homiletic character of the book at the start, was first published in 1921. Comprising a wide variety of elements ranging from...
BABA,
Tags: title, baba, gurus, sikh, applied, nanak, persian, meaning, piety, guru, singh, revered
BABA, a Persian word meaning 'father' or 'grandfather', is used among Sikhs as a title of affection and reverence. In its original Persian context, Baba is a title used for superiors of the Qalandar order of the Sufis, but as transferred to India...
BABAK
Tags: guru, babak, gurbilas, hargobind, amritsar, chhevin, 1970, patiala, asked, hymns, patshahi, muslim
BABAK (d. 1642), a Muslim rababi or musician, kept Guru Hargobind company and recited the sacred hymns at divans morning and evening. The word babak, from Persian, means faithful. As says the Gurbilas Chhevin Patshahi, Babak was, at the death of...
BABAR AKALI MOVEMENT,
Tags: singh, babar, akali, jatha, members, police, kishan, akalis, 1921, movement, secret, sikh
BABAR AKALI MOVEMENT, a radical outgrowth of the Akali movement for the reform of Sikh places of worship during the early 1920's. The latter, aiming to have the shrines released from the control of priests who had become lax and effete over the...
BABAR VANI
Tags: nanak, babar, guru, thou, lalo, lord, hymns, india, true, babarvani, people, words
BABAR VANI (Babar's command or sway) is how the four hymns by Guru Nanak alluding to the invasions by Babar (1483-1530), the first Mughal emperor of India, are collectively known in Sikh literature. The name is derived from the use of the term in...

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