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PREPARATIONS BY ALAG SHABAD YUG TRUST FOR ENSUING CENTENARIESBy 7th October 2008, six centenaries concerning the most important events of Sikh history and theology are occurring. It is good enough that Khalsa Panth have celebrated the ter centenary of the Sajana of Khalsa in a big way in 1999 and Alag Shabad Yug Trust did not lag behind and distributed its most prestigious books (i) Creation of Khalsa a Turning Point (ii) Creation of Khalsa and its Impact in English, Hindi and Punjabi too. Their distribution strength ran into lakhs.Alag Shabad Yug Trust as mentioned earlier celebrated the Quat centenary of the creation of the Harimander Sahib, the abode of God in it's own way when it brought out 56 thousand deluxe copies of the book, Harimander Darshan, in Panjabi, Hindi and English especially written for this auspicious occasion. This book was distributed free of cost in whole of the world for whole of the year and was punctually distributed to the sangat visiting Harimander Sahib in the Parikarma itself twice a week till Dec 31st 2001. It was distributed in the trains, bus stops, religious melas, community dewans, religious ceremonies, various Gurpurbs and of course to the students having quest to apprise themselves with the heritage they form part of. Many libraries of the colleges and schools were adorned with this book and other publications of the Trust so as these remain available for the progeny. The centenaries falling till October 2008 are as under 1. Alag Shabad Yug International Charitable Trust (Regd) Ludhiana celebrated during 1999, Tercentenary of the creation of Khalsa by distributing a book 'Creation of Khalsa' A turning point, in English, Panjabi and Hindi in very huge quantity throughout the world. This book was written especially for this occasion. 2. The Trust has brought out 51 deluxe editions of the book 'Harimandir Darshan' in Panjabi, Hindi and English with the financial support of the sangat and esteemed donors to glorify the Quat Centenary of the creation of Harimandir Sahib during year 2001 AD. 3. The Quin birth centenary of Guru Angad Dev ji falls in year 2004 AD. A book on Guru's life is being prepared to be distributed on the auspicious occasion. 4. Quat centenary of the first Parkash Diwas of Adi Granth Sahib happens to occur in year 2004 AD. 13 books in all would be published by the Trust with the financial support of donors and sangat to create awareness about the teachings of Guru Granth Sahib - Guru of human race. 5. 300th Martyrdom day of elder Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh ji falls in Dec 2004. Trust proposes to bring out a book highlighting the scarifices made by the family of tenth Guru. 6. Tercentenary of the Martyrdom of the younger Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh ji also falls in Dec 2004. 7. Tercentenary of the Martyrdom of Mata Gujri ji again falls in year 2004 AD. 8. Quat Martyrdom centenary of Guru Arjan Dev ji would be celebrated in year 2006 AD. A book 'Guru Arjan Viton Qurbani' depicting the unique scarifice and services of fifth master would be prepared and distributed as a mark of respect in the memory of first martyr of the nation - Guru Arjan Dev. 9. Gur Gaddi Nashini of Guru Granth Sahib's tercentenary would be celebrated in 2008 AD. 10. Finally the 300th martyrdom day (i.e. Tercentenary) of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib falls in 2008 AD. We propose to publish a book giving accounts of the centenaries celebrated and follow action. Co-operation of sangat would push the wheel forward. As briefly hinted above, Alag Shabad Yug Trust Ludhiana is preparing suitable literature concerning all these historic occasions in many languages to be distributed free of cost all over the world in sufficient large number. Ten new books highlighting these events have already been written. Financial support of the sangat and donors would facilitate to publish such literature in bulk quantity. Trust is on the job to provide suitable literature to the readers concerning all these centenaries. Of these centenaries two are directly concerned with Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji which are falling in the year 2004 and 2008 AD. To create more and more awareness about Guru Granth Sahib -- Guru of Human Race, Alag Shabad Yug Trust has prepared the following publications in English, Hindi and Punjabi.
The ball is in the court of the Sikhs. And now it becomes our imperative duty to redeem the world citizens from their ills through Gurbani. It is a pious duty, a noble challenge, a momentous task which requires co-operation of one and all, to match and fulfil the expectations and the needs of the humanity. Therefore, co-operation of sangat and esteemed donors is highly appreciated by the Trust and it is expected that more and more donors, Sikhs, Sangat and the readers would strengthen the Trust by their valuable contributions so as to make this noble mission functional more stoutly for better results. Without the funds, as we all know, all the activities simply keep their existence on papers only and having funds at our disposal, we pledge to do maximum as per our capacity. Satguru's blessings are always sought to make the efforts of the Trust fruitful for one and all irrespective of caste, creed, colour, region and religion and we are happy that 'His' bounties are ever showering on the Trust in one way or the other .
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