Garhshankar (Hari Krishan Gangar):- A special seminar on the theme “Bhagat Ravidas Ji: Life, Bani and Message” will be organised on Thursday, November 12, at Babbar Akali Memorial Khalsa College, Garhshankar, functioning under the management of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). The seminar is dedicated to the 650th birth anniversary of Shiromani Bhagat Sri Guru Ravidas Ji. Providing this information, College Principal Dr. Amandeep Heera said that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sri Amritsar Sahib, would organise religious programmes, seminars, kirtan events and Nagar Kirtans from the birthplace of Bhagat Ravidas Ji on a large scale to mark his 650th birth anniversary. This special seminar has been planned as part of the same series of events.
The seminar is being organised under the patronage of Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of the SGPC, with the coordination of Er. Sukhwinder Singh, Secretary Education, and by all members of the Dharam Parchar Committee. Bibi Harjinder Kaur, SGPC Executive Committee Member, will attend as the chief guest. The keynote address will be delivered by Singh Sahib Giani Amarjit Singh, Head Granthi of Sachkhand Sri Darbar Sahib.
The speakers at the seminar will include Dr. Paramjit Kaur, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Religious Studies at Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Sri Anandpur Sahib, and Dr. Muhabbat Singh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Guru Nanak Studies at Guru Nanak Dev University, Sri Amritsar Sahib. The seminar will be presided over by S. Kulwant Singh Mannan, Chief Secretary of the SGPC.
Dr. Heera said that the objective of the seminar was to familiarise people with the life of Guru Ravidas Ji, his Bani and the message he conveyed to all humanity, while highlighting the relevance of his teachings in the present times.
