Punjabi Likhari Sabha Kavi Darbar – Dedicated to Guru Ravidass

 

Punjabi Likhari Sabha Kavi Darbar – Dedicated to Guru Ravidass

Punjabi Likhari Sabha of Jalandhar holds a monthly Kavi-Darbar on every 15th Day of the month. This month, March 2022, also the traditional Darbar was held which was dedicated to Guru Ravidass in connection with his Gurpurab on February 16. It is, indeed, a very

thoughtful of the Sabha to celebrate the Guru Ravidass Jyanti every year by dedicating a Kavi Darbar to the great Guru. It was an honour to join the Kavi Darbar as a Guest of Honour along with a prominent businessman and a literary figure himself Sardar Surjit Singh of Sasta Iron among the poets of Jalandhar who recited their poems, sang their geets (songs) both on matters of interest and concern to the society and also their compositions to glowing tributes to Guru Ravidass. President of the Punjabi Likhari Sabha, Sardar Harbhajan Singh Nahar, an erudite orator and a geetkar of standing very thoughtfully sang in Taranum the famous geet of Charanjit Safri – Ik Pathari Tan Ik Teri Aar be; Sanu Dohan Naal Ho Giya Piar Be Kanshi Waldia.  It revived my cherished memories of mid-1960s when at Guru Raviass Gurpurab celebrations Piara Singh Panchi sang this song in the presence of Charanjit Singh Safri sitting on the stage and made the audience spell bound. Quoting

one of the poets that “Eho jahe Kavi Darbaran Di Lod Sanu”, in my brief remarks thanked Punjabi Likhari Sabha for inviting me the important and educative function and recited a stanza of Gurdass Ram Alam’s poem as a tribute to Guru Ravidass – Inshani Haq Gariban Nu De Gya Jo; Oh Ravidass Si Aagu Inqlabian Da” My friends and benefactors; Sardar Beant Singh Sarhadi, Chief Patron and Param Dass Heer, Secretary of Punjabi Likhari Sabha have always been very kind and respectful in remembering me to join their very useful and harmonious activities.