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I have been trying to use that format, but the program with this is that there are so many footnotes and different characters it takes me more time to clean up those things than to actually just type it myself lol

Yeh this converter program that you and laalsingh have provided will save me a lot of time now, and will let me update my blog more frequently

cheers !

I hope someone records their demonstration!

Wow that will save a lot of time, thank you laal singh

I am guessing by tomorrow or the day after all of the Gurmukhi will be uploaded now

Thanks !

So the problem started 61 years after Guru Gobind Singh Ji left?

I will be posting more quotes from historical granths from the 1700s and 1800s which all mention the writings of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

http://sikh-reality.blogspot.com/2010/04/historical-evidence-for-dasam-granth.html

Just added a video of Guru Gobind Singh Ji's shastars.

The video has the Khanda claimed to be used in the 1699 Amrit Sanchaar at Anandpur Sahib. Also in the video is Bhai Bachittar Singh Ji's nagini barsha, which he used to kill the intoxicated elephant.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sikhreality?feature=mhw4#p/u

Balbir Bazigar is refering to Balbir Singh, who has trying to take over the Jathedari of Budha Dal for about a decade.

thats interesting, because i was looking at a gyrfalcon, those look beautiful, i wonder how much they cost?

here in ontario, the first step is to get your hunting license, then it is to become an apprentice of someone who has the full licence. right now i am looking for someone who has the full license so i can become an apprentice.

i've been looking into falconry for a little bit,

any idea on what type of hawk maharaj had?

As ali g says,

"its about going out there, having a laugh, and getting some exercise most importantly"

The first picture is of the Darbar Sahib set up, this is before all the Sant Mahapursh came in.

The second picture is of a great painting that was placed infront of Guru Granth Sahib Ji. It depicts the story when Guru Gobind Singh Ji sent 5 Singhs to learn Sanskrit and which marked the start of the Nirmala Sampradya.

Third picture is of the Darbar Sahib with all the Sant Mahapursh present.

The fourth picture is the head of the Nirmala Panchyati Akhara, Sant Gyandev Singh Ji Maharaj.

The fifth picture is of Gyani Sher Singh, who showed up a day after the ishnaan. His student, Sandeep Singh (a Nihung Singh) was around for the shahi and the ishnaan, and was extremely helpful and friendly to me.

More Pictures:

The first is Har Ki Pauri, this is where everyone did their ishnaan.

The second picture is the langar after the ishnaan back at the Nirmala Akhara in Haridwar.

The third is from Nirmal Baag, another Gurdrawa where Nirmalay were conducting an Akhand Paat program with multiple saroops of Adi Guru Granth Sahib. The picture is from the bhog day when Aarti is being performed, I must say I have never seen such a beautiful aarti done.

I had the honor of staying with the Nirmala Panchyati Akhara for a few days during the 2010 Maha Kumbh Mela celebrations.

I plan to post pictures on this phorum of the event, it was a great time, and I met many great Mahapursh.

This photo was taken quite literally right after the ishnaan, you can still see how they are wet.

Sant Gyan Dev Singh Ji Maharaj, head of the Nirmala Panchyati Akhara, Baba Harnam Singh Dhumma Mukhi Damdami Taksal, Sant Ji from Amritsar (name is on the tip of my tounge, hes the one holding hands with Sant Gyandev Singh) and Giani Inderjit Singh Ji are all viewable in the picture.

BTW if anyone knows the name of the Sant from Amritsar, please post.

Ragi Balbir Singh singing the shabad tsingh is mentioning ->

Translation -> http://sikhitothemax.com/page.asp?ShabadID=20131

kam check your fb msgs, pauris 7-16 sent

Dalsingh i was trying to put the Gurmukhi text on but i just could not understand the Gurmukhi Unicode esp when youa re so used to using other Gurmukhi fonts. So i left it in the end. The other reason was that it would slow the completion of the work down.

Singh, what you need to do is install this as well http://www.mkhalsa.com/download/unitogl.html

That will change the standard unicode typing keyboard (which is impossible to use) to the standard gurbani font one that we use in Microsoft Word or in Sikhitothemax etc

BTW, Kam, be sure to modify the style to how you utilize the gurmukhi there, like if you want a line by line translation or just a passage translation like how i put it above. Personally I like the line by line translation, just copy and paste where you see fit. Also be sure to change up how it is written, I simply just typed it up off this site http://www.ik13.org/PDFS/Sri_Nanak_Parkash_1.pdf and kept the same way they had it, so you can take out commas etc by just deleting them like normal text it wont effect the rest of it.

You might want to change the stle of how its displayed as well, like instead of

ਸ੍ਵੈਯਾ ॥

ਬਰ ਚਾਰ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਦਾ ਬਰ ਚਾਰ

ਬਿਚਾਰ ਕੋ ਮੂਰ ਉਦਾਰ ਸੁਹਾਵੈਂ ।

ਉਪਕਾਰਿ ਸਖਾ ਸੁਖਕਾਰ ਸਦਾ

ਤਮ ਪਾਰ ਕਰੈਂ ਉਰ ਮੋਂ ਬਸ ਜਾਵੈਂ ।

ਅਘ ਜਾਲਨਿ ਤੇ ਜਮ ਜਾਲਿਨਿ ਤੇ

ਕਲਿ ਕਾਲਨ ਤੇ ਤਤਕਾਲ ਛੁਟਾਵੈਂ ।

ਅਰਬਿੰਦ ਬਿਖੇ ਗੁਨ ਏ ਸਭਿ ਹੋਹਿਂ

ਤਬੈ ਉਪਮਾ ਪਗ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਪਾਵੈਂ ॥੬॥

maybe make it

ਸ੍ਵੈਯਾ ॥

ਬਰ ਚਾਰ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਦਾ ਬਰ ਚਾਰ ਬਿਚਾਰ ਕੋ ਮੂਰ ਉਦਾਰ ਸੁਹਾਵੈਂ ।

ਉਪਕਾਰਿ ਸਖਾ ਸੁਖਕਾਰ ਸਦਾ ਤਮ ਪਾਰ ਕਰੈਂ ਉਰ ਮੋਂ ਬਸ ਜਾਵੈਂ ।

ਅਘ ਜਾਲਨਿ ਤੇ ਜਮ ਜਾਲਿਨਿ ਤੇ ਕਲਿ ਕਾਲਨ ਤੇ ਤਤਕਾਲ ਛੁਟਾਵੈਂ ।

ਅਰਬਿੰਦ ਬਿਖੇ ਗੁਨ ਏ ਸਭਿ ਹੋਹਿਂ ਤਬੈ ਉਪਮਾ ਪਗ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਪਾਵੈਂ ॥੬॥

Anyways the point is just that you can change anything by just fiddling around with it.

BTW I am going to be away for 3 weeks starting this thursday so I will be unable to type up Nanak Prakash for you during that time. I will however just type up as much as I can [i have limited time due to family prepartion and school preparation for my trip] and send it via facebook and you can simply just add it in. Hopefully I get 3 weeks done, but itll be hard because it seems like you are updating everyday !

Be sure to point out any mistakes there are in the gurmukhi, my apologizes if there are any mistakes

A lot of bloggers just copy paste the Gurmukhi

The problem I would have is when you copy from a PDF it doesn't put it in unicode punjabi font. It will work if you have any other gurbani akhar font, the problem is that limits its use. Meaning, in unicode anyone can view it if they are on a PC (not to sure about Mac users), whereas if you have it in a specific punjabi font they will need to download the font, (think of how www.SikhitotheMax.com works, you have to download a font and install it to see the gurbani, instead of srigranth.org or sridasam.org where anyone can just go to the site and view gurbani).

Is there a way to convert a standard Gurbani Font into unicode punjabi?