Akali Nihang Chakkar with inscription

The inscription shows what was in the mind of the Akali Nihang Singhs:

'The One God is very benevolent, He is the one who nourishes the world. Remember! Uttering falsehood is evil. From such actions save thyself. If your utter falsehood. The future will be spoiled. These are times for good deeds. Once dead this time will be out of your grasp.' From Kerry Brown, Sikh Art and Literature, Routledge.

Vadda Ghallughaara

** Vadda Ghallughaara** ( The Great Battle)

5th Feb 1762 -- Battlefield of Kup-Rahirha -- 60,000 Sikhs , most of them Children, Women and Elders protected by 8 Misls of Dal Panth are surrounded by Invading Foces of Ahmed Shah Abdali.

300,000 enemies, Afghans, Rohillas, Mughals, Local Muslims launch an all-out offensive to eliminate Khalsa Panth.

But 8 Misls of Khalsa Panth fight back -- using the Formation never used before in Military-History of World --- Dvait Chakra ( Two Wheels).

Khalsa fights back, protecting children,women and elders, protecting their Identity, existence and Honour.

Khalsa fights and moves for 12 miles.

40,000 Sikhs attain Shaheedi in this Great Battle.

100,000 Enemies are cut by Swords of Khalsa.

Enemies Return as night falls, thinking they had finished Sikhs.

But Khalsa survives with Grace of Akaal Purakh and a Nihang Singh walks in the Night for 12 Miles looking at the bodies of Martyred Sikh Warriors, Children, Women and Elders singing --

''RAJ KAREGA KHALSA AAKI RAHE NAA KOYE'' !!

Kamaljeet Singh

A Sufi's view on repeating God's name

"By repeating the name of God you forget your self. In forgetting the false self lies the secret of spiritual attainment. Spiritual attainment apart, even the secret of the great works of musicians and poets was that they forgot themselves in their work. In order to give life to something, one must make a sacrifice, and in spiritual attainment it is by the sacrifice of the false self that one comes to the real self." - Hazrat Inayat Khan