Receiving encouragement from these mentors, she formed a team along with local expert Professor Dalbir Singh, the RaagNaad Parivaar to put the event together. Gurnam Singh of Patiala, a world authority on Gurmat Sangeet. She and Haramandeep discussed the idea with mentors like Bhai Tajvinder Singh of Sacramento, Bhai Kultar Singh of Delhi, who conducts kirtan workshops in the Bay Area twice a year, and Dr. The ragas have a way of conveying the message of scripture to the depths of our beings.” “Music is universal, and when you add the emotion of music to the wisdom of scriptures, the pathway to the soul is much more direct. we have had the good fortune to be taught by not just accomplished musicians but amazing souls and we have been blessed to have these wonderful human beings in our lives.” Navpreet and her family learn kirtan from Bhai Tajvinder Singh, who has been awarded the “Hazoori Ragi Sri Darbar Sahib” – making him the youngest Darbar Sahib Ragi in history, as well as the first American born Sikh, to achieve this prestigious honor.Ībout a year ago, Navpreet had a dream, which would bring together the great kirtanis of the world in a single event that could give other members of the community the opportunity to listen to this amazing music form. “Our family has had a long standing love for Gurbani in general and kirtan in particular,” says Navpreet. One family here in the Bay Area that considers itself fortunate to be steeped in the love for kirtan is that of Navpreet Kaur & Haramandeep Singh, one of the organizers of the Raag Kirtan event in San Jose.
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Once the provenance of professional singers, the kirtan tradition was brought into laic life by Guru Arjan, who charged all Sikhs to learn kirtan and make it a part of their daily life. Shabad Kirtan is considered an integral part of Sikh life. There is some debate about the number of ragas used in the Guru Granth Sahib, with traditionalists opting for 31 main ragas with 28 raginis, while others classify them as 60 separate ragas. (Source: It is perhaps the only religious scripture in the world to be set to its own music. The following Gurus refined on this by adding their own hymns and additional ragas, till the Guru Granth Sahib, written and indexed according to the prescribed ragas, singing forms, and other guidelines in the script, creates an original and specific musicology. In his compositions, Guru Nanak used 19 ragas out of which ten are morning ragas, four mid-day ragas, three evening ragas and two seasonal ragas. It is said that Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, travelled around Asia and the Middle East spreading his message through hymns set to music, accompanied by his Muslim friend Bhai Mardana on a musical instrument called the rabab. Shabad kirtan, the singing of hymns (Shabad) from the Guru Granth Sahib, the central text of Sikhism, began in the late 16th century.
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