Qais Essar and Sonny Singh’s latest album, Sangat, comprises Sufi compositions and Sikh hymns that hark back to the defining ...

This is how it was. Guru Nanak’s words would be played on the rabab by Bhai Mardana, a Muslim minstrel, a childhood friend and attendant of the Guru. It’s an image evoked frequently in Sikh ...

Marking the 555th Prakash Utsav of Guru Nanak Dev, Gurdwara Bangla Sahib opened its doors to a unique and captivating exhibition, titled “From Rabab to Nagara”, here on Saturday.

The forgotten value of Mardana in the world of Guru Nanak is being invoked by contemporary poets, painters, fiction writers and scholars in the true spirit of Sikhi November is the season of ...

After a research that lasted for over eight years, Punjabi University in Patiala has finally brought to life the 'real' rabab, the musical instrument Guru Nanak Dev's first follower and companion ...

I reside where you reside O Mardana!” says Guru Nanak. In Sikh history and religion it is impossible and rather unthinkable to remember Guru Nanak without Mardana. Bhai Mardana, born in 1459 in ...

Guru Nanak Jayanti 2022 is celebrated on 8 November to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Let us read more about Guru Nanak Jayanti, how is it celebrated, and some facts about ...

“Guru Nanak’s mission was to awaken the people from slumber which he did using the melodious rabab. The Guru also blazed the trail for others by ignoring his sons Sri Chand and Lakshmi Das as ...

It was at Nankana Sahib that Guru Nanak formed a lifelong bond with Bhai Mardana, a Muslim rabab player who became his companion for nearly five decades. Together, they sang hymns that continue to ...

Nanak Ji jayanti is celebrated to mark the anniversary of their first Sikh Guru who played an important role in shaping and strengthening the Sikh community ...

Guru Nanak Jayanti: The sacred festival is celebrated with fervent devotion, spiritual gatherings, and the recitation of hymns from the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikh religion.