Guru Granth Sahib
Template:Sikhism The Guru Granth Sahib , also called Adi Granth, is the holy book of the religion Sikhism. It contains prayers, and hymns of Sikh religion. Sikhs believe the Guru Granth Sahib to be a living Guru, hence the Guru Granth Sahib has its own place also commonly known as 'Sach Khand' (the Heaven).
The name of the book is made up of three words. The first word is Guru, and a Guru in Sanskrit language means a teacher. Granth is a word of Hindi, and this means a book. The third word Sahib is a word of Urdu language and it means master. Thus, the Guru Granth Sahib means a Master Book by the Teacher. The Guru Granth Sahib, is a collection of hymns of the first five "Sikh Gurus", the "Ninth Guru", and various saints, or bhagats Sikhs and others such as Baba Farid.
But what makes it so significant is that it has the solution to every problem in the World. The Granth teaches us how we should live, and promotes a modern ideology. This is why it makes it so important to Sikhs.
The book is usually placed in the centre of the gurdwara, high up under a roof.They treat it as a living guru, waving a chaura(fan) over it and decorate its "seat"
It is written in the script called Gurmukhi. The first composition in the Guru Granth Sahib is Mool mantar by Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Guru Granth Sahib Media
- Folio from the Jalandhar recension of the Goindwal Pothi.jpg
Folio from the Jalandhar recension of the Goindwal Pothi, dated to the late 16th century
- Kartarpur Bir (manuscript or codex) of the Guru Granth Sahib.jpg
Photograph of the Kartarpur Bir kept at Kartarpur. This is the manuscript that was said to have been completed by Guru Arjan and his scribe, Bhai Gurdas, in 1604 and installed in the Golden Temple
- 19th century manuscript copy, 1704 CE Guru Granth Sahib, Schoyen Collection Norway.jpg
A folio from an early 19th-century manuscript copy of the Guru Granth Sahib (Schoyen Collection Norway)
- The 3 Sikh Granths (Ad - Dasam - Sarbloh) placed together being recited, Nanded, Maharashtra.png
3 principal Sikh Granths (Adi - Dasam - Sarbloh) placed together being recited, Nanded, Maharashtra
- Large-sized Guru Granth Sahib manuscript that was handwritten by Pratap Singh Giani and completed in 1908 C.E. 03.jpg
Large-sized Guru Granth Sahib manuscript that was handwritten by Pratap Singh Giani and completed in 1908 C.E. 03
A Granthi reciting from the Guru Granth Sahib
- Metal-type print of the Guru Granth Sahib based upon the Kartarpur Bir, by Rai Sahib Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, published by the Mufidam Press, 1899.jpg
Title-page of a metal-type print of the Guru Granth Sahib based upon the Kartarpur Bir, by Rai Sahib Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, published by the Mufidam Press, 1899
- Title-page of 'The Ādi Granth - Or, the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs' by Ernest Trumpp, 1877.jpg
Title-page of The Ādi Granth: Or, the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs by Ernest Trumpp, 1877
