Sikhi

ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ, ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫ਼ਤਿਹ ॥

This is my personal catalogue, notes I keep as I learn, kept here because sharing them makes the learning sweeter. Puratan maryada, itihas, tools, and things I believe are worth preserving. ਭੁੱਲ ਚੁੱਕ ਮਾਫ਼, corrections always welcome.

A note: this part of the site is more personal than the rest. I catalogue what I learn here mostly for future me, and for other Sikh readers doing the same kind of digging.

New here and don’t understand Punjabi? A quick glossary: puratan = pre-colonial/traditional practice, as opposed to standardized 20th-century versions; panth = the Sikh community; jot = the Guru’s spiritual authority, passed from Guru Nanak through nine successors and into the Guru Granth Sahib; maryada = a code of daily practice; shaheed = martyr. Everything below builds on those five words.

Itihas & virsa

• Das Patshahian, the Journey of the Jot

  A family tree of the Guru Ghar: the jot, the parivaar around it, and the shaheeds of every era.

• Shaheedi Pehra, the Shaheed Singhs & Singhniyan

  What shaheedi means, and a catalogue of the shaheeds, 1606–1764.

• Kaur: The Women of Sikh Itihas

  A catalogue of the women of the Panth, from Bebe Nanaki to Rani Jind Kaur.

• The Puratan Granths, a Field Guide

  Short notes on Dasam Granth, Sarabloh, Suraj Prakash, Prem Sumarag, Sau Sakhi and the gupt banis, with a map.

Maryada & practice

• Dhoop, Jot & Shastar Maryada at Home

  A home-practice guide: preparing dhoop from a puratan samagri, keeping the jot, daily shastar prakash and seva of Maharaj's saroop, and the Dasehra Mahatam maryada.

• Dhoop Samagri, a Scalable Recipe

  The samagri above as a live ingredient card: adjust batch size and switch between metric and imperial units.

Nanakshahi Calendar

• Nanakshahi Calendar, Browse & Nitnem Times

  Browse gurpurabs and sangrands by year, and see today's localized nitnem times, right here on the site.

• Subscribe (iCal feed)

  Add gurpurabs and sangrands directly to your calendar app. How it was built · original story.

• How a Jantri Date Is Made

  An interactive explainer: watch a sangrand and a tithi-based gurpurab being derived, live in your browser.

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More to come. If something here helps your practice, it has served its purpose, ਭੁੱਲ ਚੁੱਕ ਮਾਫ਼।