Within The Aad Sri Granth Sahib are Shabads (Verses) dictated by 6 Satgurus in 31 prescribed Ragas. To instill the correct recitation of these Shabads in the respective Ragas as prescribed by the Satgurus, Sri Satguru Partap Singh Ji had organized a Grand 'Gurmat Sangeet Sammelan' in the year 1934 A.D., which was attended by the Sikhs, Hindus as well as Muslims alike. There were two major rules for participants in this event. One was that Gurbani must be sung in the Raga prescribed in the Sri Granth Sahib and the other rule was that only stringed instruments such as Dilruba, Rabab, Sitar accompanied by Tablas could be used. No use of the european instrument, i.e. harmonium would be allowed. The second rule of only allowing stringed instruments posed a big problem to many well-known Ragis as only a handful were proficient in the use of stringed musical instruments. Presiding as judges were four highly qualified classical music enthusiasts which included the well known author of the epic 'Mahan Kosh', Bhai Kahn Singh of Nabha as well as Sardar Mukand Singh of Ambala who was a himself a great singer and prolific in the knowledge of Ragas.

Sri Satguru Partap Singh Ji had summoned old Rababis from Sri Amritsar numerous times to perform the old classical renditions of Shabads in accordance to the age old tradition of Ragas. It was with His Holiness's Divine Blessings that this now extremely rare Maryada (Tradition) of Gurmat Sangeet has been preserved and is still very much alive in The Darbar (Court) of Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji and under Sri Satguruji's Guidance, the talent and expertise of Namdhari Sikhs in the field of Gurmat Sangeet remains unmatched.
 

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Conclude your listening experience with Anand Sahib   [3.29] - Extracted from a Live Namdhari Divan.
(Anand Sahib is not a part of the live radio's play list)

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