An Evening of Music, Inspiration & Solidarity

In honor of the Annual Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month and 350th Year Birth Anniversary of Guru Gobind, we invite you to a special evening celebrating the “humanity and the unity in our diversity.”

Experience an inspirational evening with poetry, perspectives, art and music by Bhai Baldeep Singh on ancient instruments of South Asia and others from local communities.

The evening will start with a light dinner and networking with new friends and old. The program will include performances by multicultural and interfaith groups to include multidimensional experience. We are proud to offer the event for free but do require registration to manage the attendance and food preparations.

Any donations are welcome but not required.
The donation via PayPal to joyofsewa@gmail.com is tax deductible.

Program -­‐”Recognize the Human Race as One “-­‐ Guru Gobind •

• 6:30 7:30 Welcome Reception and Hor’s durves
• 7:30-­‐ 9:15 Program: poetry, perspectives, and music and Gurmat Sangeet by from various artists and Bhai Baldeep Singh

Venue: South Hall, Gurdwara of San Jose, 1 Gurdwara Ave, San Jose, Ca

The event will be hosted in the beautiful setting of the San Jose Gurdwara premises overseeing the lights of the Bay Area and underneath the start light of the open sky. All Bay Area residents are invited.

Entry and Parking • Entry: Please come to the front of the Gurdwara, next to the Nishan Sahib ( The respected Saffron Flag and Flag Pole) • Parking can be done on any of the parking lots.

Partners: • Thank you! We welcome and appreciate partners who are interested in supporting multi-­‐faith and multicultural events with co-­‐promotion and presenting art, poetry, or a perspective. • Current Partners: Joy of Sewa, JCC Palo Alto, ICC, ooNee Studios, Gurdwara of San Jose, Afghan Coalition

Anad Foundation and Bhai Baldeep Singh • Founder and Chairman •
Bhai Baldeep Singh descends from a long lineage of masters of the Gurbāni Kīrtan maryadā, and today is its 13th generation exponent. His repertoire includes masterpieces that were first composed by the Sikh Gurus and the Bhagats themselves. Bhai Baldeep Singh is also the prime exponent (khalifā) of this oldest gharāna of classical percussions, pakhāwaj/mridangplaying, of Punjab known as Sultanpur Lodhi – Amritsari Bāj. • To find out more, see https://anadfoundation.org/

Best Regards and Gur Fateh,
Anad Foundation and Joy of Sewa Harbir Bhatia or Savinder Singh at Joyofsewa@gmail.com

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