All India Radio (AIR), Amritsar, has begun broadcasting full two-hour early morning Gurbani from the Golden Temple, a transfer broadly welcomed by listeners.
The service, initiated by Prasar Bharati from January 13, allows devotees in Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur districts, in addition to listeners throughout the Worldwide Border in Pakistan, to take heed to the sacred kirtan.
For the reason that launch of AIR, Amritsar, on September 24, 2018, the station had been broadcasting Gurbani from 5 am to six am.
The FM transmission will get relayed from AIR’s Gharinda village centre close to Attari and is operated beneath the Exterior Providers Division of AIR. Moreover Gurbani, the division additionally airs particular Urdu and Saraiki programmes, which has audiences in Pakistan, too.
In the meantime, AIR, Jalandhar, has been airing kirtan from the Golden Temple for 3 hours day by day on MW (medium wave), together with a two-hour morning slot from 4 am to six am.
Former engineer Harjap Singh Aujla, who had been spearheading the demand, stated medium wave transmissions had been typically unclear in distant areas and had additionally misplaced relevance as using MW radio units declined.
“FM transmission affords higher sound high quality and is free from sign shadow attributable to high-rise buildings. Residents of 4 border districts of Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Pathankot will now be capable to hear the total Gurbani (two hours) clearly on FM,” added Aujla
He expressed hope that AIR, Amritsar, would additionally begin the night Gurbani broadcast from 4.30 pm to five.30 pm, on the traces of AIR, Jalandhar. Kulwant Singh Ankhi, patron of the Amritsar Vikas Manch, stated many individuals nonetheless most popular listening to Gurbani on the radio. Even in Lahore, a number of listeners tuned into Gurbani rendered in classical ragas, together with famous Punjabi poet Ustad Daman, who was recognized to take heed to kirtan repeatedly, he stated. Satnam Singh of Dhotian village stated listening to the morning kirtan on the radio was like a day by day act of worship for him.
The demand for Gurbani broadcast on radio dates again to the interval of the Dharam Yudh Morcha in 1982. After Operation Bluestar in June 1984, AIR, Jalandhar, started relaying shabad kirtan from the Golden Temple for 3 hours day by day.
Bhagwant Singh Dhangera, supervisor of the Golden Temple, stated, “It’s encouraging that devotees can now take heed to Gurbani for 2 hours. Many individuals favor radio over tv for kirtan as Gurbani is taken into account extra of an artwork to be heard than watched.”
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