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EPISODE · Apr 4, 2024 · 8 MIN

Explore Alahania (Mahala 1) | The Guru Granth Sahib Project

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Alahania is a mournful or sorrowful Panjabi folk song. When a person dies, friends and relatives usually visit the deceased’s family to share their sorrow and memories of their loved one’s life and deeds. Expressing such feelings creates the core of the folk poetic form Alahani. The Alahania composition revealed by Guru Nanak Sahib redirects and transforms the sorrow and grief of death and separation from loved ones into a serene state, urging the being to embrace the will of IkOankar (the Divine). By illustrating the insignificance and impermanence of the material world, this composition inspires the mind towards a perpetual connection with the eternal companion, IkOankar. Explore Alahani (Mahala 1): https://bit.ly/tggsp-alahani Featuring: Jasleen Kaur - ⁠⁠https://sikhri.org/people/jasleen-kaur

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