Head Granthi forces Raagi to Stop Singing ‘ਜਉ ਤਓ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਖੇਲਣ ਕਾ ਚਾਓ’ inside Sri Harmandir Sahib
Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:54 AM PDTAMRITSAR SAHIB—A video of Hazoori Raagi Bhai Sukhjit Singh performing ‘Kirtan’ inside Sri Harmandir Sahib has gone viral over social media in which he could be seen being interrupted by the Head Granthi Giani Jagtar Singh from singing Gurbani verses ‘ਜਉ ਤਓ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਖੇਲਣ ਕਾ ਚਾਓ‘. Immediately after this, Bhai Sukhjit Singh starts singing another Shabad.
A sharp wrath among Sikh community is being observed in this concern. Although, the SGPC has tried to calm down the issue by giving excuse that Giani Jagtar Singh had directed the Raagi Bhai Sukhjit Singh to sing Shabad in Tukhari Raag as there is a custom of singing first Shabad in Raag inside Sri Harmandir Sahib.
However, on watching the video it could be easily gauged that Bhai Sukhjinder Singh started singing Shabad ‘ਜਉ ਤਓ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਖੇਲਣ ਕਾ ਚਾਓ‘ in Raag Dhanasri. He sung it in Raag Dhanasri as no special direction has been made by Guru Sahib to sing Salok like ‘ਜਉ ਤਓ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਖੇਲਣ ਕਾ ਚਾਓ‘ in any specific Raag. He chose Raag Dhanasri as it is sung in the evening hours.
Furthermore, when Raagi Bhai Sukhjinder Singh started singing another shabad ‘ਗੁਰ ਪਾਰਸ ਹਮ ਲੋਹ ਮਿਲਿ ਕੰਚਨੁ ਹੋਇਆ ਰਾਮ’ he again sung it in Raag Dhanasri.
It is pertinent to note here that there is no restriction to sing only Tukhari Raag during evening hours inside Sri Harmandir Sahib. There are so many other Raags which are sung in the evening hours but the SGPC is trying to astray common Sikhs to hide this act of hooliganism.