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27th December 2009 - Central Gurdwara Manchester Newsletter December 2009 - Washroom Complete and Future Plans

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

With 2009 coming to an end and 2010 beginning, we would like to wish you all Nave Saal 2010 Di Lakh Lakh Vaddhian.

Reflecting on 2009, we would also like to thank the entire Sadh Sangat of Manchester for their continued dedication, devotion, support and most of all their generous donations to their Gurdwara Sahib, Central Gurdwara Manchester.

The Washroom project is now complete. From what at first seemed only a distant dream to what is now a state of the art Washroom, this project was only possible due to the kind and passionate Sadh Sangat. May Waheguru continue to bless you all forever.

If you have not been to Central Gurdwara recently then please do come along and see the toilets for yourself and let us have your feedback. All feedback is always welcome on any aspect of the Gurdwara.

Full accounts of the washroom project will be available in the New Year on the website and Gurdwara Noticeboard for all to see.

Yesterday we held an EGM at Central Gurdwara to finally put to rest many old long standing issues. We would like to thank all the members for attending and supporting the various resolutions and helping us to move forward. It is so important to attend any EGM's and the yearly AGM. This is where you can voice your opinion and make a difference. We urge all members of the Sadh Sangat to become a member and help steer the Gurdwara in a forward direction always. Membership forms are available from all committee members.

As you all know the Gurdwara has many fixed expenses being the Mortgage, Gianni's Wages, Gas, Electric, Water, Insurances but has to rely solely on donations and programme bookings (Anand Karaj, Akhand Path, Langar bookings etc.) as its income stream to balance the books. 2010 needs to be the year where we build up our income stream with a clear and concise plan to pay of the Gurdwara mortgage. To help with that plan I enclose a Standing Order Form. Our three main pillars are Naam Japo, Kirat Karo and then Wand kay Shako. Out of our monthly earnings, lets all donate whatever we can regularly by Standing Order to improve our Gurdwara Sahib and make it a place where not only us, but our future generations will be proud of. Regular Standing Order's provide the monthly security the Gurdwara Sahib needs to ensure it can meet its monthly commitments as above.

Also in 2010 we plan to start and complete the next main project being the leaking Gurdwara roof and a new suspended ceiling. Once again we want to make this a project we can be all proud of. The provisional plan for the schedule of this project is to obtain quotations in January, start fundraising in January, finalise quotations in February, start work in February/March and hopefully complete work by April Vaisakhi. This is all a very provisional timetable but its a plan and without a plan and vision, you have nothing.

Also its been a while since we have had a family trip out. The last one was 2007 when many of us went to Camelot. It started originally as one coach and before we knew it, we filled 2 coaches fully. So hopefully we shall try to ensure another trip is planned for Spring / Summer. Possible destinations include Maharaja Duleep Singh Ji's burial site in Elveden Church, Bury St Edmonds (near Cambridge). Another possible destination is Alton Towers. Once again we welcome all suggestions from the Sadh Sangat.

You can catch up with all previous newsletters here on our website and so much more including our new online calendar available on the Home Page.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Newsletters

So on that note, once again we wish you all a Very Happy & Prosperous 2010 and pray that Waheguru keeps all of us in Chardi Kala forever.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan

Chairman

17th November 2009 - Central Gurdwara Newsletter

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Great progress has been made with the new Washroom Project. From what seemed like a far away target of fund raising of £35,000 to the starting of the works on the 12th of October 2009. The works are estimated to be completed by the end of November at which time the main entrance will reopen. We would like to offer a massive thank you to the entire Sadh Sangat for making this project possible. We are still approximately £770 short on funds and fund raising remains ongoing. Please continue to donate generously to this much needed project. http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Donations

Bhai Hari Singh (our new resident Langri) is now with us for six months. If any member of the Sadh Sangat have any apprehensions on booking a Guru Ka Langar, then Bhai Hari Singh can help with the preparation and cooking or undertake this fully. Please contact us for more information.

We have revamped our Gurdwara website and now have a new page http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Langar. This now contains a Calendar containing all the Langar Bookings, Educational Visits, Religious Bookings, Sangrand & all Gurpurabs. We are very excited by this new Calendar, as at a glance one can see exactly what is happening. This Calendar is also on the HOME PAGE www.centralgurdwara.org where there is also a list of available days to book Langar Sewa.

Sunday, 22nd Novmeber 2009, Central Gurdwara will be hosting an early morning Sadhana at 6am sharp. The Sadhana schedule will be as follows: 6:00am Japji Sahib 6:25am Yoga kriya 7:30am Chanting of Gurbani mantra's Sadhana ends at 8:30 - 8:45am. This is open to all the Sadh Sangat and indeed all faiths. It is hoped that this becomes a regular event on Sunday mornings at Central Gurdwara with your support. More information will be available on Saturday/Sunday from Sardar Parmjit Singh Chandhok Ji

Sunday 29th November at 10.30am, Central Gurdwara will be having another "Kar Sewa" morning. The last one, you will remember, was very successful and much progress was made with the cleanliness and organisation of the Gurdwara premises as a whole. After that, Guru Ka Langar will be served and then followed by an animated film, BHAI TARU SINGH starting at 2pm.. The hope is that this becomes a regular feature possibly up to once a month. All are welcome to attend with family.

You can view a trailer of the film here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-yvYCSsPI

Kundalini Yoga Sessions have resumed and take place every Saturday at 5.30pm in the new multi purpose room upstairs.

Central Gurdwara held 2 Free Red Cross First Aid Courses which were very successful and well attended. However these were for females only. The Red Cross have offered the same courses for Males also. If you would like to attend a male only course, please contact Jagmail Singh on 07917 038497

Aspects of First Aid will include the following:

• Choking
• How to put someone in the recovery position
• Nose bleeds
• Heart Attacks
• and other First Aid advice as people request information.

The Gurdwara Sahib holds Sukhmani Sahib Path daily between 5pm and 7pm and Gurmat Classes every Friday. Langar can be booked by individuals and families for any of these days also. Please check the calender located on the website and also at the back of the Langar Hall for availability. This can be booked at anytime by contacting Bhai Shanbir Singh Ji at the Gurdwara on 0161 832 2241.

Gurmat Classes are held every Friday at 7pm where Children can learn to play the Waja and Tabla and also learn Kirtan, Paath and Gurmat.

Further Kirtan Classes are held every Saturday at 4.30pm, which are open to adults also.

Punjabi Classes are held every Saturday from 7.00pm to 8.00pm and are for all age groups in the new multipurpose room upstairs.

Please support your Gurdwara Sahib to strive and thrive to always serve the Sadh Sangat.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan
President

29th October 2009 - Update on New Washroom Project and New Online Gurdwara Calendar

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I trust you are all in Chardi Kala.

As part of the continued improvements at Central Gurdwara, we are pleased to announce the following

We would like to thank the entire Sadh Sangat for their continued generosity in making the new Washroom project a reality. As you are all aware, construction of the new Washrooms started as per plan on 12th October 2009. We continue to encourage all the Sadh Sangat to participate in this project and help out with financial sewa with whatever amount you can. With Waheguru's grace, we started this project requiring £35,000. Thanks to all of you, the amount needed today is just £1413.That is a major achievement from the £35,000 required 1 month ago. This is your Gurdwara and this long overdue project is your project. Please continue to donate whatever you can. Thank you.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Donations

The Gurdwara website has been revamped with all the pages now accessible through the left menu. A new page http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Langar has been started. This now contains a Calendar containing all the Langar Bookings, Educational Visits, Religious Bookings, Sangrand & all Gurpurabs. We are very excited by this new Calendar, as at a glance one can see exactly what is happening. This Calendar is also on the HOME PAGE www.centralgurdwara.org where there is also a list of available Saturdays to book Langar Sewa.

We are pleased to announce that Bhai Hari Singh will be joining us next week in an official capacity of Langri. This is an exciting development as many of us find booking and cooking Langar a very daunting process. This way we shall have a professional cook to help any individual or family to prepare Langar, thereby taking out any fear we may have with the whole Langar Sewa process. We encourage all the Sadh Sangat to look at the Langar Page on the website and book Langar Sewa in advance.

As you are aware, when our new Ragi Jatha, Bhai Shanbir Singh Ji and Bhai Harwinder Singh Ji arrived, they were not accompanied their tabla player Bhai Maninder Singh Ji, as he had a nasty accident the day before coming. We are pleased to announce he has now recovered and arrived from India on Tuesday and has settled in his role at Gurdwara. Please do come to Gurdwara and welcome him.

NEW PAGE - BUSINESS DIRECTORY - We started a new web page on the Gurdwara website where the Sadh Sangat can benefit from a Business Directory. The idea of this is to make us all aware of members of our community that operate various different business services. This will save us all going through the Yellow pages on a hit and miss basis. If you operate any business here in Manchester, please follow the instructions on the Link below and we shall endeavour to put your listing up on the website without delay.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Sikh_Business_Directory

We have a resource page on our website called "Sikh History / Knowledge". The hope is that this becomes an invaluable resource. I was sent an article recently by Subash Anand on Amritsar. It has been uploaded onto the following page. Lets build this resource up collectively. If anyone has any articles on Sikh History / Knowledge, please do forward them to me and I will create the page and get it uploaded. This will be of benefit to us, our kids and all other faiths.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Category:Sikh_History

Here you can catch up with all the latest happenings at Central Gurdwara. You will see the many educational visits that take place also. These are of the utmost importance for the wider community to learn about us, who we are and what we stand for. This enables our children to settle in their schools with better racial tolerance. We cater for visits from Schools, Colleges, Police and Trainee Teachers. For these sewadaars are required to come and join us to take the Gurdwara Sahib to the next level.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/News_Bulletin

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Educational_Visits

There are many more pages also on the website accessible from the left menu. Please take the time to look through and enjoy the resources provided.

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and family and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan
President

22nd September 2009 - Please do take the time to read this fully

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I trust you are all in Chardi Kala.

As part of the continued improvements to the Central Gurdwara website, we are pleased to announce the following

Our resident Ragi Jatha (Bhai Harpreet Singh Ji, Bhai Gurbhej Singh Ji and Bhai Gurpreet Singh Ji) will soon be going back to India. Their last day with us is this Saturday 26th September 2009. They have been with us for six months and are very respected by the entire Sadh Sangat of Manchester. Please come to Gurdwara on all programmes between now and then to support them, who we are all very grateful to.

On Sunday 27th September at 10am, Central Gurdwara will be having another "Kar Sewa" morning. The last one, you will remember, was very successful and much progress was made with the cleanliness and organisation of the Gurdwara premises as a whole. After that, Guru Ka Langar will be served and then followed by a FILM SHOW, an old classic Punjabi film Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai.

The hope is that this becomes a regular feature possibly up to once a month. All are welcome to attend with family.

The Toilet project has now reached a very advanced stage. Plans have been drawn up and final costings are done. Plans will be available to be viewed at the back of the Langar hall on Saturday and we encourage all the Sadh Sangat to participate in this project and help out with financial sewa, whatever amount you can. We are now at the fundraising stage. We have raised approximately £19,000 so far out of a total required sum of £35000. This is your Gurdwara and this long overdue project will be your project. We need to all pool together to make this happen. We want to start the project latest by 4th of October and complete this before Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Gurpurab. Lets make it happen!

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Donations

NEW PAGE - GURDWARA ACCOUNTS - We have just started a new web page on the Gurdwara website where the Sadh Sangat can see the Gurdwara Accounts. The Management Committee of Central Gurdwara recognises the great importance of openness, transparency and accountability when dealing all Gurdwara matters, especially Gurdwara Funds. A new initiative is to post all monthly and yearly management accounts for Central Gurdwara on this page for all our Sadh Sangat to read.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Gurdwara_Accounts

NEW PAGE - BUSINESS DIRECTORY - We have just started a new web page on the Gurdwara website where the Sadh Sangat can benefit from a Business Directory. The idea of this is to make us all aware of members of our community that operate various different business services. This will save us all going through the Yellow pages on a hit and miss basis. If you operate any business here in Manchester, please follow the instructions on the Link below and we shall endeavour to put your listing up on the website without delay.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Sikh_Business_Directory

We have a resource page on our website called "Sikh History / Knowledge". The hope is that this becomes an invaluable resource. I was sent an article recently by Subash Anand on Amritsar. It has been uploaded onto the following page. Lets build this resource up collectively. If anyone has any articles on Sikh History / Knowledge, please do forward them to me and I will create the page and get it uploaded. This will be of benefit to us, our kids and all other faiths.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Category:Sikh_History

Here you can catch up with all the latest happenings at Central Gurdwara. You will see the many educational visits that take place also. These are of the utmost importance for the wider community to learn about us, who we are and what we stand for. This enables our children to settle in their schools with better racial tolerance. We cater for visits from Schools, Colleges, Police and Trainee Teachers. For these sewadaars are required to come and join us to take the Gurdwara Sahib to the next level.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/News_Bulletin

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Educational_Visits

There are many more pages also on the website accessible from the left and top menu. Please take the time to look through and enjoy the resources provided.

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and family and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan
President

15th August 2008 - Encouragement for all the Sadh Sangat to make full use of the Gurdwara Website

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I trust you are all in Chardi Kala.

As part of the continued improvements to the Central Gurdwara website, we are pleased to announce the following pages.

Here you can see all the forthcoming and past events. You will see in August we still have the SIKH COURSE, then a 2 day GURMAT CAMP followed by the yearly successful event of SIKH SPORTS DAY. Here you can also download the Gurmat Camp Application Form and the Sikh Sports Day Sponsored Walk Entry Form.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Forthcoming_Events

On the next page the Sadh Sangat can help the Gurdwara Sahib to continue to prosper. Central Gurdwara is fortunate to have such a kind and passionate congregation (Sadh Sangat Ji). Together we hope to continue to enjoy kirtan of the highest calibre. However, we need to try and do something about the Diwan Hall Ceiling and the Toilet Facilities. Through a shortage of funds the Gurdwara has been unable to complete the work. It really needs your support, please donate (generously).

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Donations

Here you can catch up with all the latest happenings at Central Gurdwara. You will see the many educational visits that take place also. For these sewadaars are required to come and join us to take the Gurdwara Sahib to the next level.

http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/News_Bulletin

There are many more pages also on the website accessible from the left and top menu. Please take the time to look through and enjoy the resources provided.

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and family and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan
President

6th July 2009 - Gurmat / Sikhi Education News

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I trust you are all in Chardi Kala.

Fridays Gurmat Classes will end the summer term on Friday 17th July 2009 and the classes will start again on Friday 4th September 2009.

Kirtan Classes will continue to take place every Saturday at 4.30pm to 6pm in the downstairs diwan hall.

Kundalini Yoga Classes take place take place every Saturday at 5.30pm - 6.30pm on Saturday in the new upstairs multi purpose room.

Also for August, we have two great events lined up.

Firstly the Gurdwara Sahib will be hosting a Sikhi Course where young Sikhs will be attending for the day on Sunday 16th August 2009 . I would urge everyone to watch the following short video which sums it up very well www.SikhThought.org . Also please read all about it on www.SikhCourse.com. We must support them by attending this course and giving them the encouragement and support to continue to spread the message and ensure Sikhi continues to prosper. At the same time we will learn something ourselves.

Secondly, the Gurdwara will be holding a two day Gurmat Camp on Friday 21st August and Saturday 22nd August 2009. Full details of the camp are still being planned and we hope to have all the information shortly. The last two Gurmat Camps have been thoroughly successful and were enjoyed by all the ages groups and are of the utmost importance for our next generation.

More information on both of these can be found on www.centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Forthcoming_Events.

The NEWS BULLETIN has been updated on the website to reflect all the recent activities at Central Gurdwara Sahib. You can read this at http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/News_Bulletin

All the main Gurdwara programmes continue to be recorded and uploaded to our website and are available to listen online streaming or download. As well as this you can also see all the latest forthcoming programmes and much more at http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Kirtan_MP3_Downloads

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and family and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan

President

8th June 2009

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I trust you are all in Chardi Kala. I am sending this email to inform the Sadh Sangat of the latest happenings at Central Gurdwara.

Firstly we would like to say a big thank you to all the Sewadaars who spared their valuable time and attended the Gurdwara Sahib yesterday (Sunday 7th June) for a day of "Kar Sewa". Big progress was made on the new multi purpose room upstairs and also clearing out many old items no longer needed that were cluttering up the Gurdwara Sahib. I would like to propose that we hold a "Kar Sewa" day every last Sunday of the Month to give the entire Gurdwara Sahib a good clean (Diwan Hall's, Langar Hall, Kitchen, Entrance Hall's etc). This will also bring the Sadh Sangat closer together and promote the many values of Sikhi. We will need to ensure that it does not coincide or clash with any bookings for Anand Karaj at the Gurdwara Sahib, so I will email you all nearer the time, each month and also have this announced in the main Saturday Diwan beforehand.

Progress on the new Toilet Facilities continues and we are now in the final stages of planning and costings. Again we shall keep you informed when we get to the next stage, being fund raising and collection of the required funds to see this long overdue project through from conception to completion.

I am enclosing a poster of Surjit Singh Khalsa Ji which is the next main event we are working on. In the current climate, many of us are suffering from stress and tension, which in turn can affect our health and quality of life. Surjit Ji is very well respected in the Far East and we will be honoured if he can attend our Gurdwara Sahib for the day. The hope is to have him with us on Saturday 20th June at 3.30pm to 6.30pm. As soon this is arranged, I shall email all the Sadh Sangat with further details, but please do pencil in this date provisionally for now as I am a firm believer in supporting our community for all related activities wherever and however possible. Please see the attached poster enclosed with this email.

The 3 day Kirtan Samagam held at the Gurdwara Sahib last weekend was very well attended and we offer our gratitude to Waheguru Ji for the success of the programme. Bhai Niranjan Singh Ji performed Gurbani Kirtan on Friday, followed by Sant Anoop Singh Ji on Saturday. On Sunday Sant Annop Singh Ji involved all the Sadh Sangat and we all recited Sukhmani Sahib Paath together. It was the first time Sant Ji had done this in the UK and it was thoroughly appreciated by all the Sadh Sangat. This was also televised by the Sikh Channel (SKY Channel 840). All these recordings are available as always to listen to or download from www.centralgurdwara.org.

Sant Anoop Singh Ji is attending many programmes in the UK and these will finally end at Havelock Road Gurdwara Southall with a Mahan Gurmat Samagam on 13th /14th June. This is all being done for World Blood Donor Day. This Samagam will be attended by WHO, NHS, Red Cross and many more internationally renowned charities. Blood Donor Forms have now arrived at Gurdwara Sahib and Sant Ji has asked me to inform all the Sadh Sangat of this and requests that you all collect a form and fill it in asap.

The Saturday Kirtan classes started again on Saturday 9th May 2009 at 4.30pm. Our very talented Hazoori Ragi Jatha (Bhai Harpreet Singh Ji Preet) is teaching Waja and Kirtan and our Tabal Chi (Bhai Gurpreet Singh Ji Preet) teaches tabla. All we ask you to bring is a notebook and pen to make a note of the Shabads and notation. These are in addition to Friday's Gurmat and Kirtan Classes.

I have been asked to let all the Sadh Sangat know that you no longer need to go to London or Birmingham to obtain a Visa for travel to India. A Visa Application Centre has now opened up in Manchester as per the details below.

INDIAN VISA APPLICATION CENTRE, MANCHESTER

The High Commission of India, London and its Consulates in Birmingham and Edinburgh have out sourced the visa services to VF Services UK Ltd. (VFS).

VF Services have been operating the India Visa Application Centres since May 2008 in London, Birmingham, and Edinburgh and more recently in Glasgow and Cardiff.

Please note that the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC), Manchester is now operating daily from 0900-1430 hrs Monday-Friday.

The Indian Visa Application Centre, Manchester will accept applications and handle any visa related queries.

For further information please visit our website at http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk

India Visa Application Centre Jain Community Centre 669 Stockport Road Longsight Manchester M12 4QE

All the main Gurdwara programmes continue to be recorded and uploaded to our website and are available to listen online streaming or download. As well as this you can also see all the latest forthcoming programmes and much more at http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Kirtan_MP3_Downloads

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and family and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan

President

6th May 2009

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I am sending this email to inform the Sadh Sangat of the latest happenings at Central Gurdwara.

Firstly we would like to thank all the Sadh Sangat of Manchester and the North West for attending and supporting the Manchester Nagar Kirtan. The day was superbly attended and the feedback from the police regarding the conduct of the Sangat was impeccable. It is at community events like this, we need to be united and at our strongest to show the population that we are fun loving, peaceful people who have integrated well and contributed so much to the British society and yet have not lost any of our values. A very big well done all. Ofcourse there are always issues and area to improve, so if anyone does have any feedback, please do email me and I shall forward it on to the organising committee.

Due to constant requests, Saturday's Kirtan classes will be starting again this Saturday 9th May 2009 at 4.30pm. Our very talented Hazoori Ragi Jatha (Bhai Harpreet Singh Ji Preet) will be teaching Waja and Kirtan and our Tabal Chi (Bhai Gurpreet Singh Ji Preet) will be available for Tabla classes also. This is now open to all age groups (Adults and Children). All we ask you to bring is a notebook and pen to make a note of the Shabads and notation.

In the current climate many of us are suffering from stress and tension, which in turn can affect our health and quality of life. Our latest initiative now is to start the world renowned Kundalini Yoga classes. We are incredibly fortunate to have Chioneso Kulwant Kaur, who has been teaching Kundalini Yoga since 1974, come to us at Central Gurdwara for these sessions. The first FREE taster session will be on Saturday 23rd May 2009 starting at 4pm sharp. Please see the attached poster enclosed with this email and the link below. http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Forthcoming_Events

At the end of May (29th to 31st), with the grace of Waheguru, Central Gurdwara will be holding a Sri Akhand Path and we shall be having a Kirtan Smagam at Central Gurdwara. This will be attended by Bhai Niranjan Singh Ji (Jawadi Kalan Wale) and Sant Anoop Singh Ji (Una Wale). Full details are under "Forthcoming Month" on our website. All Sadh Sangat is humbly requested to attend all three days. http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Forthcoming_Month

All the main Gurdwara programmes continue to be recorded and uploaded to our website and are available to listen online streaming or download. As well as this you can also see all the latest forthcoming programmes and much more at http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Kirtan_MP3_Downloads

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan

President

31st March 2009

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I am sending this email out to inform the Sadh Sangat of the latest happenings at Central Gurdwara.

We confirm that we are please to announce the arrival of our new Hazoori Ragi Jatha to Central Gurdwara. They are Harpreet Singh Preet Ji, Gurbhej Singh Preet Ji and Gurpreet Singh Preet Ji. They will be staying with us for a period of 6 months. They arrived on Saturday afternoon and recited kirtan gurbani on Saturday evening itself. We request all Sadh Sangat come to Gurdwara, welcome them and give them your support.

The latest initiative by the management committee for the Sadh Sangat is the online viewing of the Bookings Calendar. If you log onto our website and navigate to "Booking Religious Services" from the top menu, you will see a Calender of all forthcoming bookings. This now gives you the ability to see what days are free and then to contact us for a booking. We hope that this meets with the Sadh Sangat's approval of moving forward. You can see this Calendar on our site here .... http://centralgurdwara.org/wiki/Religious_Services

Sukhmani Sahib Path continues to be recited daily (5pm to 7pm), every day at Central Gurdwara followed by Guru Ka Langar and the daily Sangat is continuously increasing. Please do come to Gurdwara whenever possible.

All the main Gurdwara programmes are now recorded and uploaded to our website and are available to listen online streaming or download. As well as this you can also see all the latest forthcoming programmes and much more at www.centralgurdwara.org.

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan

President

1st March 2009

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I am very pleased to announce that after nearly two months in waiting, Central Gurdwara Sahib has now been granted a sponsor licence from the UK Border Agency. This took much time and many meetings and needed all our paperwork to be in order and organised.

We are very grateful to Waheguru Ji for this very successful outcome which means we can now sponsor Ragi Jatha's from India.

We will now work on bringing in our new Hazoori Ragi Jatha straight away and hope they will be with us very shortly.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan

President

24th February 2009

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I am sending this email out to inform the Sadh Sangat of the latest happenings at Central Gurdwara.

As you are all aware our resident Ragi Jatha (Bhai Shanbir Singh Ji, Bhai Harvinder Singh Ji and Bhai Nirapjit Singh Ji) returned to India on the 15th of February 2009.

The home office has now changed the rules for bringing Ragi's and Granthi's from India, to the UK. The Gurdwara Sahib needs to apply for and hold a Licence in order to bring in a new Jatha. This only came into Law last November and communication from the home office to this effect was non existent at the time.

Once we came to know of this new legislation in December, we applied for the Licence immediately and have subsequently had a number of meetings with the Home Office. After continued chasing up we have now been informed it can take upto 12 weeks to be granted a licence.

Until we are in possession of this licence, we cannot sponsor a new Ragi Jatha. I have a great Jatha in mind and as soon as we receive this licence, we will arrange the sponsorship papers to be sent and have the new Jatha with us as soon as possible. I am very excited about this and look forward to them being with us as soon as possible.

In the meantime sewadaars are always at the Gurdwara for the day to day running and Langar is being served daily, so please do support your Gurdwara during this transition period and help out wherever you can daily at the Gurdwara.

All the main Gurdwara programmes are now recorded and uploaded to our website and are available to listen online streaming or download. As well as this you can also see all the latest forthcoming programmes and much more at www.centralgurdwara.org.

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan

President

26th January 2009

Guru Roop Sadh Sangat Ji,

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I am sending this email out to inform the Sadh Sangat of the latest happenings at Central Gurdwara.

This Saturday is Sri Guru Har Rai Ji's Parkash Gurpurab. In addition to our usual Saturday evening diwan, the Gurdwara Sahib will be holding Sampooran Asa Di Var at 9am morning this coming Saturday 31st January. It is hoped that all the Sadh Sangat will attend to encourage the Gurdwara to ensure that Sampooran Asa Di Var can be held every month as a minimum. Furthermore, this will be the last Asa Di Var by Bhai Shanbir Ji and Jatha (see below). So please do make the effort to attend and celebrate Sri Guru Har Rai Ji's Parkash Gurpurab.

Our resident Ragi Jatha (Bhai Shanbir Singh Ji, Bhai Harwinder Singh Ji and Bhai Nirapjit Singh Ji) will soon be going back to India. Their last day with us is Saturday 14th February 2009. They have done tremendous good SEWA at our Gurdwara during their stay and are very respected by the entire Sadh Sangat of Manchester. Please come to Gurdwara on all programmes between now and then to give support this excellent Jatha who we are all very grateful to.

Giani Harinder Singh Ji (Alwar Wale), who is an incredible much respected Katha Vachak, will be coming to Central Gurdwara on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th February to perform Katha Gurbani Vichaar. This is a once in a lifetime event so again all the Sadh Sangat are requested to attend.

Bhai Nirapjit Singh Ji has asked me to let the Sadh Sangat know that he will be selling his Tabla before going back to India. If anyone would like to purchase his Tabla, then they can contact him at Gurdwara on 0161 832 2241.

Work is continuing with the planning of the new toilets at your Gurdwara Sahib. Our initial plans have run into some difficulty but we are now working on a more ambitious plan. Details will follow once we progress further and plans will be posted on our noticeboard at the main entrance.

All the main Gurdwara programmes are now recorded and uploaded to our website and are available to listen online streaming or download. As well as this you can also see all the latest forthcoming programmes and much more at www.centralgurdwara.org.

Lastly, but most importantly, please forward this email to all your friends and ask them to register their email address at www.centralgurdwara.org, so that they will always be kept informed of all the happenings at Central Gurdwara Manchester and furthermore we can all continue to strive to serve the Sadh Sangat of the North West of England.

May Waheguru continue to bless us all.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Pritpal Singh Makan

President