Music from the Golden Temple of Amritsar
Saturday 11 August 2007 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
Every day, from four in the morning until ten at night, music drifts across the waters surrounding the most sacred shrine for Sikhs. As part of the India & Pakistan '07 season, Jameela Siddiqi profiles the temple and its music, and talks to some of the raagis who perform in it.
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WORLD ROUTES
Presented by Jameela Siddiqi
Produced by Roger Short
Factsheet compiled by Sam Hickling
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Saturday 11 August 2007, 3:00pm
Recorded on location at the Golden Temple, Amritsar, India, July 2007
Gurgandeep Singh: Tera naam sach hai Shri Wahe Guru (7.38)
The title means 'Yours is the only true name, Wahe Guru, the One and Only'
Baldey Singh: Mere man naam nit nit le (15.06)
The title means 'I chant Your name all the time, again and again'
Interview: Dr Balwant Singh Dhillon (5.33)
Dr Balwant Singh Dhillon is Professor of Religious Studies at the Guru Nanak Dev University of Amritsar
Interview: Narendra Singh (3.03)
Narendra Singh is one of the senior raagis (musicians) at the Golden Temple, and his duties include taking his daily turn at song sessions as well as teaching and training younger generations of raagis.
Narendra Singh: Sheikh Farida (10.51)
Banta Singh: Sab rama bole ram bole ri (8.30)
Interview: Bhai Sikander Singh (2.29 & 2.35)
Bhai Sikander Singh is a musicologist and expert in North Indian classical music
Gurdev Singh: Saachi preet hum tum sang jordi (14.18)
This song means: "I have loved only you. Even if you break away from me, I cannot break away from you. We are as one, as the peacock dances on seeing the descending rain cloud and as the songbird gazes at the moon."
