Daler Mehndi seeks to unite through Music!
Daler Mehndi who has been singing and composing music since he was 6 years old recently performed at Acharya Mahashraman Amrit Mahotsav in Jodhpur. He also met the Jain Guru ‘Aacharya Shri Mahashraman Ji Muni’, and they both had prolific discussions concerning world peace. Mehndi expressed that he is proud of his country India where Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Sikhs, Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Buddhists and many other different faith followers walk together!
On the birthday of fifth Sikh Guru ‘Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji’, the King of Bhangra Daler Mehndi also wished his fans a very Happy Gurupurab.
“Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji was a poet of exceptional merit and a musician par excellence. Not only he compiled & composed the ‘Bani’, he preached love and universal brotherhood. He gave mankind with two of its greatest Gifts – Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and the Golden Temple. When he established the Golden Temple in midst of the Amrit Sarovar at Amritsar, he had its foundation stone laid by a Muslim Saint Sant Hazrat Mian Mir of Laohore. The temple was designed with doors on all four sides which meant that all the castes had equal access to the holy place. When He compiled the compositions of the first four Gurus in a single volume, he included compositions of various Hindus and Muslims Saints displaying the universal spirit!”
The phenomenal performer sees his music as an interfaith celebration. “Music is a common thread among religions as it provides an opportunity for different religious groups to meet and deepen interfaith co-existence.” quoted Mehndi.
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Daler Mehndi seeks blessings at Gurudwara Guru Ka Bagh
Bhangra King who is currently in Patna city was invited to perform at Patna Sahib Festival on the auspicious day of Baisakhi.
Daler Mehndi who visited Patna city to perform on the eve of Baisakhi took time off to visit the Gurdwara Guru Ka Bagh. Close sources revealed that Mehndi went there to seek blessings for his new project but his visit was kept too secretive.
It is interesting to note that Patna is his birth city too and his father Late Ajmer Singh was a Hazoori Raagi at Akal Takht Shri Patna Sahib. Mehndi visited Shri Patna Sahib too, but his visit to the sacred place was not kept a secret like his visit to Gurudwara Guru Ka Bagh.
Versatile singer had in past also visited Gurudwara Guru Ka Bagh to offer his prayers and seek divine blessings. Sources also revealed that the Singer is grateful for the fulfillment of the mannat that he had prayed for in the past and believes that his next wish would also be fulfilled.
We are left wondering what this mannat by Daler Mehndi all about!
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