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.

Video of the week: Chaupai Sahib

This week's video of the week is Kabio Bach Benti Chaupai Sahib recited by Bhai Jarnail Singh. This is a prayer written by the tenth guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. It is a prayer humbily asking god for protection and support, which we all need during this exam period :).

Video of the week: Kaurageous

This week's video of the week is this video which shows some of the activities that the Kaurageous organisation have partaken in.



Kaurageous have a couple of events comming up (see below poster) which are open to all females.

Video of the week: Bhai Hari Singh

This week's video of the week is Bhai Hari Singh doing simran at a University of Leicester sikh society event.

Videos of the week: Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh Ji

This week's video of the week is kirtan from Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh Ji at Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji Gurdwara in Manchester.



Click here for the shabad and its meaning in english

Videos of the week: Southall Nagar Kirtans 2006 and 2007

As the Birmingham Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan is just around the corner I thought I'd put up the videos of the Southall Nagar Kirtan (this year's and last year's)

2006



2007

Updates to site: New things added to sidebar

New items have been added to the sidebar. Firstly, a word of the moment has been added. Everytime you visit/refresh the site the word will change. If the panjabi word doesn't come up but the meaning does you'll need to install panjabi font. Click here to get the font.

Secondly, some simran audio has been added. If you have suggestions of other simran tracks leave it in the comments section of this post with the internet site where it's downloadable.

Finally, due to the EktaOne website closing down some of the links have been taken off the sidebar. Hopefully new links will be added in place of them before the start of the new semester.

Video of the week: Bhai Harjinder Singh

This week's video of the week is kirtan by Bhai Harjinder Singh Sri Nagar Wale.


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Events: Vaisakhi events

With Vaisakhi coming up they'll be loads of events around Birmingham and the West Midlands. Here's two of which are advertised by BOSS:

There is going to be an Vaisakhi show and exhibition at Wolverhampton University on the 18th April. There will be visual displays, turban tying workshops, live martial arts display(at 1pm), art workshop, boss stall and much more.

To get to Wolverhampton University from University of Birmingham firstly catch the train from university station to new street. From there catch a train to Wolverhampton (usually the train ending at Manchester Picadilly/Wolverhampton). Then follow this map (click here for map) to the MC building.
On Sunday 22nd April there will be the annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtans in Birmingham. A nagar kirtan is when kirtan is sang whilst the sangat walks to a particular location (in this case handsworth park :) )

The first Nagar Kirtan will start at Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Smethwick. To get to this gurdwara catch a train from New Street to Smethwick Rolfe Street (the gurdwara is across the road from the station). The nagar kirtan will go past Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh Ji, then onto Rookery Road past Bebe Nanaki Gurdwara, continuing then to Gurdwara Singh Sabha and finishing at Handsworth Park.

The second Nagar Kirtan starts at Dasmesh Gurdwara (from aston university follow the A34 until you get to Lozell's road. Turn left and then left again onto Wheeler street). The nagar kirtan then continues past Gurdwara GNNSJ (Soho Road Gurdwara), then to Gurdwara Bhagat Ravidas Bhavan and finally finishing at Handsworth Park.

New links added

New links have been added to the sidebar. If anyone has any suggestions for the site please email us at bhamsikhblog@yahoo.co.uk.

Also, check out the blog archive for archive photos (such as Bhai Sahib Ji's visit to the university) and the past videos of the week. Alternatively, you could click on the photos or videos hyperlink in the sidebar for past photos from events/past videos of the week.

Videos of the week: "The Saints remain wakeful; they are the Beloveds of my Lord"

This week the videos chosen are of the same shadad but from two different, highly spiritual gursikhs. Click here for the link to the shabad(sikhitothemax).

In their hearts, they meditate on the lotus feet of God; they do not forget Him, even for an instant.

First video is from Bhai Sahib Bhai Jeevan Singh Ji who is inspiration to sikhs around the world. This was taken from the 1991 Delhi Samagam.



This second is to one of the most admired kirtanias of our current generation, Bhai Manpreet Singh Ji. This was taken from the 2005 Delhi Samagam.

Weekly Events (last week semester 2)

NEXT YEARS EVENTS

If anyone wants to help next year in any way please come to the meeting in Victoria Halls Room P15 at 1pm this Wednesday.

If you have any suggestions for events for next year please leave them in the comments section below.

Also;

MEDITATION CLASS
Thursday
6pm
Cadbury Room
St Francis Hall (Behind Guild)

AMRIT VELA (Morning Prayers)
Friday
4am-6am
Victoria Halls P15 Room 3

Video of the week: Presentations from the Kaurageous event at Aston University)

Sorry for the quality of the videos as it was taken from a digital camera. The videos were taken from the Kaurageous event from Aston University event with Pardip Singh doing the first presentation. The question the group had to answer was "What is considered beautiful in a gursikh female?".



The second video is the female group answering the same question with Kuldeep Singh giving some input. Again sorry for the sound quality when the camera moves.

Video of the week: Bhai Niranjan Singh

This week's video of the week is kirtan from Bhai Niranjan Singh singing the shabad "Aisay Gur Ko Bal Bal Jaaiay".

Video of the week: Sri Singh Sahib Harbhajan Singh Yogi

This week's video of the week is a lecture given by Yogi Bhajan Singh on Sadhana



If you want more videos of this kind or have any suggestions for videos that should be put on the blog please type it into the comments section by clicking on comments at the end of these posts and leaving your suggestions/comments.