> < siqgur pRswid > bwxI gurU gurU hY bwxI, ivic bwxI AMimRqu swry ] 1st Annual Bay Area Khalsa Darbar Celebrating the Prakash Utsav of Guru Gobind Singh And the Great Keertan Tradition of Gurus Program

7:00-9:30 AM : Keertan Sri Asa Di Vaar

Bhai Inderjit Singh A Galaxy of Famous Keertani Jathaas will Grace the Occasion 9:30-10:10 AM : Kathaa Hukamnama 7 AM-5:00 PM Monday December 25, 2017 Bhai Gurjit Singh 10:10-10:30 AM: Ardas and Hukam 10:30-11:30 AM: Bhai Tajvinder Singh Presented By 11:30-12:30 AM: Bhai Niranjan Singh Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) 12:30-1:30 PM : Awards Sikh Gurdwara San Jose Upon the martyrdom of his father Guru Tegh Bahadur by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1675, Guru Gobind Singh became the 10th Guru at the young age of nine. The young Guru spent his early years mastering all the literary and military skills that were later to distinguish him both as an accomplished scholar as well as a courageous warrior. 1:30-2:30 PM : Bhai Sarabjit Singh During his short life of 42 years Guru Gobind Singh changed the religious, political and social landscape of 3636 Gurdwara Avenue, San Jose CA 95148 Punjab and Northern India. He possessed a rare combination of valor, supreme self denial, great instinct and intellect, superhuman will-power, great heart & limitless energy. 2:30-3:30 PM : Bhai Harcharan Singh It was an age of great conflict in India as the Mughal Emperor carried out persecution of non- Mus- lims and the Hindu Hill Rajas’ tried to assert their will on the Guru and his Sikhs. By this time, the Sikhs Phone: (408)274-9373. www.sanjosegurdwara.org had seen many years of persecution. Guru Gobind Singh’s great grand father, the fifth Guru, Arjan, had 3:30-4:30 PM : Bhai Inderjit Singh been executed in Lahore. His grandfather, the sixth Guru, Hargobind was imprisoned for 12 years and his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi for the cause of religious freedom. During his life- time Guru Gobind Singh saw his four sons and his mother sacrifice their lives for the Sikh cause. 4:30-5:00 PM : Ardas and Hukam He fought as many as twenty battles against the injustice and tyranny of the times. In his auto- biography “Bachitar Natak” the Guru writes: “I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil. The only reason I took birth was to see that righteousness may flourish, that the good may live and the tyrants be torn out by their roots.” He endeavored to lay the foundation of a new society based on justice and freedom of conscience and the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity. This was his life’s mission which he accomplished in a

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