Shaheedi Keertan Smagam 2007

There will be a kirtan smagam this week in memory of the shaheed sikhs of the past. Click on poster below for dates and gurdwareh.

The kirtan from the Rainsbhai in memory of Ikbal Singh is now up on the Sikh Soul website (click here).

Photos: Soda n' Samosa event

Here are photos from today's Soda n' Samosa event. Apologies that photos are not in chronological order.

The next Soda n'Samosa event will be at Wolverhampton University on 10th October (next week wednesday). More info will be on the new West Midlands Sikh Blog.

Reansbhai Keertan In Loving Memory Of Ikbal Singh

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ke Fateh!

With the Grace of Waheguru, there will be Reansbai Keertan for the sikh naujwan who sadly died in a motorbike accident.

It will be held on Saturday 6th October 07 from 7 PM to 5 AM at:

Guru Nanak Gurdwara
8 Edward Street
West Bromwich
B70 8NN

O my mind, earn the profit, before you return home...

Plz attend

Directions to Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Edward Street:

Driving: Click here for map

Commuting: Catch the 74 or 79 bus to West Bromwich (or metro to West Bromwich Central). From there a very short walk to gurdwara (see map above). West Bromich bus station is just by St Michaels Street so all you need to do is cross over St Michaels street and go around either left (via price street then onto victoria street) or right (via the high street onto victoria street). The metro stop is on W Bromwich ringway so all you need to do is turn left and head towards price street, then turn right onto victoria street and finally left onto edward street.

Event: Soda n' Samosa

3rd October, 2007 at St Francis Chaplaincy (next to the guild).

All Welcome.
2 - 4pm

Video: Bhai Gurbir Singh Ji (Tarantaran)

Shabad and Meanings: Click here

Event: Wolverhampton Rehnsbhai

There will be a Rehnsbhai (all night kirtan) at Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Wolverhampton (Sedgley Street) on the 1st September. There will be kirtanias from all around the world coming.

Click here for map.

For last years kirtan,

AKJ Rehnsbhai: Click here

Naam Ras Rehnsbhai: Click here

Events: Barsi Of Sant Kartar Singh Ji Bindranwale

Akhand Path (continuous recitation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) at Gurdwara Baba Sang Ji Smethwick

Aramb : Thursday 16th August at 5pm
Bhog : Saturday 18th August at 5pm followed by Kirtan and Katha

I recommend anyone who wants to know more about Sant Baba Kartar Singh Ji Bindranwale to visit http://www.damdamitaksal.com/his_jath_13.htm as this a brief look into the life of one of last century's most spiritual sikhs.


Getting to Baba Sang Gurwara:

Catch the train to Smethwick Rolfe Street/ Smethwick Galton Bridge (usually at 7 minutes and 37 minutes past the hour from New Street). From Smethwick Rolfe Street head towards the high street (on the left as you come out of the station), then turn right and go down the high street. The Gurdwara is at the end of the high street. From Smethwick Galton Bridge, cross the dual carrage way as you leave the station and turn left.
Alternatively catch the 87 bus (bus stop just outside new street station).

Video: Bibi Snatam Kaur

Click here for shabad and meanings.

For the meaning of Ek Onkar, Giani Thakur Singh goes into its indepth meaning at the beginning of his Jap Ji Sahib Katha (katha in panjabi).

Updates: Change of Audio in Sidebar

We have just added new audio to the sidebar.

We've put up stories in english about spiritual gursikhs.

To download any of these to MP3 right click on the title of the mp3 and click "save target as" or "save link as".

Video: Bhai Manpreet Singh

Click here for shabad and meanings

Video of the week: Bhai Joginder Singh, Katha In English

In this video Bhai Joginder Singh talks about the effects of Kaam (Lust) and Krohd (Anger). There are many other good videos by Bhai Joginder Singh in english (click here to see the videos).

Sikh Society Meeting

Their is going to be a meeting on friday for anyone who wants to help run the sikh society next year. Any one interested in helping next year please come to the meeting at

5k Foundation
40 Rood End Road
Oldbury
West Midlands

on FRIDAY 21ST JULY at 2pm.

Directions on getting to the 5k foundation building:

Firstly catch the 87 bus, which is just outside of new street station (at ticket inspectors turn left, go outside New street station and then take the first left) and Smethwick Rolfe Street (bus stop just by Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick). Get off the bus just before Gurdwara Amrit Parchar Dharmic Diwan (the gurdwara just underneath the M5). The roundabout just before the Gurdwara has a exit for Rood End Road. Follow this road down, keeping on the right. Just after Vernon road( and before Rood End school), is the 5K building (map below).

Video of the week: Baba Isher Singh Ji

Click here for shabad and translation.

This video was taken in 1975 when Baba Isher Singh Ji visited the UK.

Click here for info on Baba Isher Singh Ji.

Video of the week: Giani Amolak Singh Ji

Click here for shabad and meaning.

This kirtan is from Kericho (Kenya) after the bhog of an akhand path for the opening of a Gurdwara there. Kirtan is by Giani Amolak Singh Ji with Bhai Gurmeet Singh Ji on tabla, both of whom passed away a few years ago.

Below is a video of Giani Amolak Singh Ji back in the 1970's at Soho Road Gurdwara, Birmingham. In the video you can see what Soho Road Gurdwara looked like in the 70's as well as see Sant Baba Puran Singh Ji who the spiritual head and founder of the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha.



Click here for shabad.

Event: Barsi Sant Gurbachan Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale

To get to Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick, you could catch a train to Smethwick Rolfe Street as this is opposite the Gurdwara. The trains leave birmingham new street at 7 minutes and 37 minutes past the hour.

Video of the week: Jap Ji Sahib Katha by Ek Onkar Kaur

There is also some excellent Jap Ji Sahib Katha in panjabi by Giani Thakur Singh (click here), he also explains the importance of Jap Ji Sahib (click here).

Video of the week: Routine talk by Guruka Singh

Video of the week: Kirtan: Naam Japo Ji Aise Aise

The week's video of the week is kirtan from New Jersey Smagam (May 2007) by Bhai Kudrit Singh Ji. It is inspiring to see such a young child perform kirtan so well.

Video of the week: Youth of the month: Manvir Singh Khalsa

Everyone from the Univerity of Birmingham Sikh Society is very pleased to hear fellow sikh student Manvir Singh Khalsa has been chosen as the youth of the month (click here for interview).

So we have put this week's video of the week as this quick interview of manvir singh at a leicester university sikh society event.



Also, Manvir singh has a blog: manvirsingh.blogspot.com/

Video of the week: Central News feature on sikh journalist

This week's video of the week is a special feature from ITV central news on an up and coming british journalist Jagjeet Singh.