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Chelaram ji
honored with Sikh Preacher of the Year award
WSN Network
 FREMONT:
For nearly half a century, Sri Lachman Chelaram has brought to us
the Word of the Guru, rendered beautifully in his melodious voice,
and has made many connect to the core message of Sri Guru Granth
Sahib.
No wonder it was
with great enthusiasm that the sangat at Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont,
heard in rapt attention the hymns that wafted for three days as
Chelaram ji came visiting.
A livewire link
and a sort of one man bridge between mainstream Sikhs and their
Sindhi brethrens, Chelaram ji is at times a pensive man when he
talks about how even the Sikh community members often fail to grasp
the message of universal brotherhood preached through Sri Guru
Granth Sahib ji and instead fall for the trap of rituals and
brahamanical ways of interpreting Sikhi.
At the Fremont
Gurdwara Sahib where he was honored on behalf of the sangat by
gurdwara president Bhai Harjot Singh Khalsa, Chelaram ji sounded a
very timely warning that certain forces were trying to drive a wedge
between the Sikhs and the marginalized Dalit community. he said
similarly, even the Sindhi Sikhs are being pushed away from
mainstream Sikhism, a sad fact since it flies in the face of
historical bonds of commonality and shared experience.
Chelaram ji was
honored with Sikh Preacher of the Year Award at Fremont Gurdwara
Sahib.
Sri Lachman
Chelaram ji has helped widen the boundaries of Sikh religion, thanks
to his painstaking work in translating Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji from
Gurmukhi to Sindhi, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali and English.
He has authroed some 100 plus books on Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and
has been a recipient of many an honor and awards from the SGPC,
Takht Sri Patna Sahib and many other prominent Sikh forums.
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November 2009
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