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Baba Avtar Singh lends a patient hearing to the plea of a devotee in the Diwan Hall at Sur Singh, district Tarn Taran, Punjab. Amusingly, the ransingha appears like a bullhorn amplifying the concern of the visitor.
Baba Avtar Singh is second-in-command of Baba Bidhi Chand Taruna Dal. His father Baba Daya Singh (Jathedar) is the eleventh descendant of Bhai Bidhi Chand. The Dal is based in Sur Singh village.
Bhai Bidhi Chand was born to Bhai Wasan of village Sur Singh. His mother belonged to Sarhali, a famous village in Amritsar district. During his early days, Bhai Bidhi Chand got into bad company and became a dacoit. Bhai Adli, a Sikh since the days of Guru Ram Das, met him. Influenced by his good behavior, Bhai Bidhi Chand accompanied him to Amritsar. When he met Guru Arjan Dev, he confessed that he was a dacoit by profession. The Guru advised him to earn his living honestly.
After the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, his son Guru Hargobind acquired two swords, representing miri and piri. This was a signal to the government that Sikhs would defend themselves. Guru Hargobind invited young men to come to Amritsar and learn the art of self-defense and the use of arms. Bhai Bidhi Chand decided to volunteer his services to the Guru to teach the art of war.
When Guru Hargobind was arrested by the emperor of Delhi and imprisoned in the fort of Gwalior, Bhai Bidhi Chand went from village to village, informing people of the sacrifices made by the Gurus. He, along with his dhadi jatha, would sing vars which brought chardi kala to the minds of the people. Later, when the Guru was released from the fort, Bhai Bidhi Chand became his bodyguard. He was appointed the leader of one of the five divisions of the volunteer forces of the Guru.
The rising image and strength of the Sikhs under the leadership of Guru Hargobind was not to the liking of the governor of Lahore. He found an excuse to attack the Guru in May of 1629 with an army of 7,000 soldiers. Bhai Bidhi Chand played a significant role in defeating the government forces. Bhai Bidhi Chand fought in all four battles alongside the Sixth Guru as a General in the Guru's army.
There is another legend related to Bhai Bidhi Chand. Two highly valued thoroughbred horses (Dilbagh and Gulbagh) were bought by the sangat of Kabul for the Guru. However, on the way to Amritsar, they were forcibly taken by the soldiers of the Lahore governor. Bhai Bidhi Chand brought them back by a unique ruse.
He dressed himself as a grasscutter and took a bundle of grass to the gate of the fort where the horses were kept under guard. He sold the grass to the caretaker at a very low price to befriend him. Bhai Bidhi Chand was assigned the job of bringing grass and feeding the horses. Bhai Bidhi Chand did this duty very devotedly and impressed all the employees and the guards in the fort. Bhai Bidhi Chand made a plan to jump with a horse into the Ravi River which ran alongside the fort. At night, once in a while, he would throw a large boulder over the wall of the fort into the river. When the guards inquired about the sound, he would say that there was a big animal in the river.
One day when he received his pay, he planned a big feast for the guards in the fort. When the guards were sound asleep at night, Bhai Bidhi Chand untied a horse and jumped with it into the river. The guards came to know about it only in the morning. By that time, Bhai Bidhi Chand had already taken the horse to the Guru.
For bringing the second horse, Bhai Bidhi Chand went to Lahore again. He stayed with Bhai Bohru who told him that Sondhay Khan, the custodian of the horses was extremely worried about the loss of the horse. He was consulting astrologers to help him find the missing horse. Bhai Bidhi Chand dressed himself as an astrologer. He went to the fort and sat in front of the gate. He conveyed to the caretaker of the horses that he could unravel the mystery of the missing horse. Bhai Bidhi Chand immediately told the caretaker that the man who brought grass for the horses was the thief. This convinced the caretaker of the powers of the astrologer and he took him to Khan.
When he met Sondhay Khan, Bhai Bidhi Chand explained to him the way the horse was stolen. Khan knew that everything Bhai Sahib was saying was correct. When he wanted to know the location of the stolen horse, Bhai Sahib said that he could tell that only at midnight by placing himself in the position from where the thief stole the horse. Khan came at midnight with his guards to find out about the horse, Bhai Sahib said that all the guards should be indoors and be sleeping on their beds as they were during the time of the theft. He told Khan that the thief had locked all the guards and that he would do the same. Addressing Sondhay Khan, Bhai Sahib spoke, "Now I will tell you how and where the thief took the horse". He untied the horse and said, "The thief got on the horse like this, jumped into the river and took the horse to Guru Hargobind. I will also take this horse to the Guru to whom it belongs." Before Khan could inform the guards, Bhai Sahib had crossed the river. He then rode straight to the Guru.
Bidhi Chand was not only a brave and tactful soldier, but also a devoted Sikh. He passed away in 1695.
© 2010 Gurbir Singh Brar, all rights reserved.
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A worker tends the grounds of the Okinawa Peace memorial Park, at the Cornerstone of Peace memorial, a semi-circular avenue of stones engraved with the names of all people who died in the Battle of Okinawa, regardless of nationality, military personnel, or civilians. The monument was unveiled in 1995, and consists of 117 walls that spread out in concentric arcs. 69 of these walls have five folds and 48 of them have three folds, for a total of 1,212 faces displaying almost 250,000 names.
This amusement park ride, known in various parts of the world as the Scrambler, Twist, Twister, Cyclone, Sizzler, Merry Mixer, Grasscutter, or Cha Cha. In my part of the world (California) I've always seen it called the Scrambler. Wikipedia has more information about this ride under its various guises.
I built this model for the 2009 Bay Area Maker Faire where it was a part of BayLUG's largest ever public exhibit.
The operating mechanism is similar to the real thing - a central axle drives the whole mechanism, and rubber tires attached to each arm's driveshaft transfer that motion to the ends of each of the three main arms, where a 90 degree gear causes the 4 cars to spin around.
Departing BHX for its final time to Tatenhill....overlooked by 'Grasscutter 1' ...but where's 'Scarecow' !
It has been resident in Hangar 2 at Birmingham for 333 days and not flown!.
It is owned by the former BHX CEO Paul Kehoe.
Feel free to use this image,but please give credits to: www.bhxspotter.com
Bidhi Chand Tarna Dal is based in Sur Singh Vala and traces direct lineage to the legendary Bhai Bidhi Chand.
Bhai Bidhi Chand was born to Bhai Wasan of village Sursinghwala. His mother belonged to Sarhali, a famous village in Amritsar district. During his early days, Bhai Bidhi Chand got into bad company and became a dacoit. Bhai Adli, a Sikh since the days of Guru Ram Das, met him. Influenced by his good behavior, Bhai Bidhi Chand accompanied him to Amritsar. When he went before Guru Arjan Dev, he confessed that he was a dacoit by profession. The Guru advised him to earn his living honestly.
After the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev, his son Guru Hargobind acquired two swords, representing miri and piri. This was a signal to the government that Sikhs would defend themselves. Guru Hargobind invited young men to come to Amritsar and learn the art of self-defense and the use of arms. Bhai Bidhi Chand decided to volunteer his services to the Guru to teach the art of war.
When Guru Hargobind was arrested by the emperor of Delhi and imprisoned in the fort of Gwalior, Bhai Bidhi Chand went from village to village, informing people of the sacrifices made by the Gurus. He, along with his dhadi jatha, would sing vars which brought chardi kala to the minds of the people. Later, when the Guru was released from the fort, Bhai Bidhi Chand became his bodyguard. He was appointed the leader of one of the five divisions of the volunteer forces of the Guru.
The rising image and strength of the Sikhs under the leadership of Guru Hargobind was not to the liking of the governor of Lahore. He found an excuse to attack the Guru in May of 1629 with an army of 7,000 soldiers. Bhai Bidhi Chand played a significant role in defeating the government forces. Bhai Bidhi Chand fought in all four battles alongside the Sixth Guru as a General in the Guru's army.
There is another legend related to Bhai Bidhi Chand. Two highly valued thoroughbred horses (Dilbagh and Gulbagh) were bought by the sangat of Kabul for the Guru. However, on the way to Amritsar, they were forcibly taken by the soldiers of the Lahore governor. Bhai Bidhi Chand brought them back by a unique ruse.
He dressed himself as a grasscutter and took a bundle of grass to the gate of the fort where the horses were kept under guard. He sold the grass to the caretaker at a very low price to befriend him. Bhai Bidhi Chand was assigned the job of bringing grass and feeding the horses. Bhai Bidhi Chand did this duty very devotedly and impressed all the employees and the guards in the fort. Bhai Bidhi Chand made a plan to jump with a horse into the Ravi River which ran alongside the fort. At night, once in a while, he would throw a large boulder over the wall of the fort into the river. When the guards inquired about the sound, he would say that there was a big animal in the river.
One day when he received his pay, he planned a big feast for the guards in the fort. When the guards were sound asleep at night, Bhai Bidhi Chand untied a horse and jumped with it into the river. The guards came to know about it only in the morning. By that time, Bhai Bidhi Chand had already taken the horse to the Guru.
For bringing the second horse, Bhai Bidhi Chand went to Lahore again. He stayed with Bhai Bohru who told him that Sondhay Khan, the custodian of the horses was extremely worried about the loss of the horse. He was consulting astrologers to help him find the missing horse. Bhai Bidhi Chand dressed himself as an astrologer. He went to the fort and sat in front of the gate. He conveyed to the caretaker of the horses that he could unravel the mystery of the missing horse. Bhai Bidhi Chand immediately told the caretaker that the man who brought grass for the horses was the thief. This convinced the caretaker of the powers of the astrologer and he took him to Khan.
When he met Sondhay Khan, Bhai Bidhi Chand explained to him the way the horse was stolen. Khan knew that everything Bhai Sahib was saying was correct. When he wanted to know the location of the stolen horse, Bhai Sahib said that he could tell that only at midnight by placing himself in the position from where the thief stole the horse. Khan came at midnight with his guards to find out about the horse, Bhai Sahib said that all the guards should be indoors and be sleeping on their beds as they were during the time of the theft. He told Khan that the thief had locked all the guards and that he would do the same. Addressing Sondhay Khan, Bhai Sahib spoke, "Now I will tell you how and where the thief took the horse". He untied the horse and said, "The thief got on the horse like this, jumped into the river and took the horse to Guru Hargobind. I will also take this horse to the Guru to whom it belongs." Before Khan could inform the guards, Bhai Sahib had crossed the river. He then rode straight to the Guru.
Bidhi Chand was not only a brave and tactful soldier, but also a devoted Sikh. He died in 1695.
© Gurbir Singh Brar 2009 all rights reserved. Unauthorized use or reproduction for any reason is prohibited.
Woman carrying grass in Goshaini, Himachal Pradesh, India. After the monsoons, the hills are green with grass. Soon winter will set in and there would be acute shortage of grass for feeding the cattle. The hill folks cut and dry grass in August and store it to be used as hay during cold, snow covered winter months.
Between Man and Touba / Godufu (via Biankouma, Foungesso and Go), we stopped to visit a village (Silakro, Silakoro, Sirakoro or Sirakro) famous for its pond of venerated catfish. En route to the village we encountered a man selling his recently hunted bushmeat.
Taken on 30 October 2013 in Nigeria near Ugep Calabar (DSC_3817)
freewheely.com: Cycling Africa beyond mountains and deserts until Cape Town
...and fails. The slope defeats the ride-on mower.
The rear wheels spin hopelessly. The mower is stuck. It is too heavy to be man handled.
The grasscutter is a rodent otherwise known as the greater cane rat and is the most popular animal hunted for bushmeat in West Africa, Being rodents they are prolific breeders and their offspring can breed at a very young age, hence there is no closed season or licence required to hunt grasscutters. When it comes to other species, the almost complete absence of any visible mammals in the rainforests of the south, indicates that sadly these laws are widely flouted. The licences are actually fairly cheap, but they can only be obtained from a Wildlife Division office, these are usually located at HQ's of national parks, for many people they are difficult and or expensive to get to, so they don't bother to obtain a licence, they just hunt without one, Many quite clearly ignore the close season and still hunt and also still target endangered species that cannot legally be hunted.
Sunderland Council's Wacky Racer Grasscutters perhaps looking to move into the Agricultural Sector, with this silage-style grasscut behind the Aged Miners Bungalows
This is Geoff... a photographer who I happened to bump into on the same shoot. A keen shooter of wildlife (with a camera!), a engaging, genial and easy-going guy who's very dedicated to his photography - and moreover far too modest about his abilities. See his page - some excellent shots without a doubt. www.flickr.com/photos/grasscutter/
Shot on perhaps my favourite camera - the Olympus OM2n (although that vies with the OM1 and OM4) - the excellent Zuiko 135mm f3.5), with Agfa Vista Plus 200 film and what the processing lab are jokingly pleased to call their high-res scan - 1840x1232 - all of 2.3 megapixels! Little processing in GIMP - some white-balancing and sharpening only. I find film, in general, requires less processing in the computer than digital images...
This picture is #14 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Driving from the area of Boti Falls and Akaa Falls towards Kumasi, 200+ km via Koforidua, Bunso, Nkawkaw, Komongo and Ejisu.
This amusement park ride, known in various parts of the world as the Scrambler, Twist, Twister, Cyclone, Sizzler, Merry Mixer, Grasscutter, or Cha Cha. In my part of the world (California) I've always seen it called the Scrambler. Wikipedia has more information about this ride under its various guises.
I built this model for the 2009 Bay Area Maker Faire where it was a part of BayLUG's largest ever public exhibit.
The operating mechanism is similar to the real thing - a central axle drives the whole mechanism, and rubber tires attached to each arm's driveshaft transfer that motion to the ends of each of the three main arms, where a 90 degree gear causes the 4 cars to spin around.
It was yesterday, the first outing alone, after four month
and I had a chance!
not only great nice weather, not too hot, not too cold
but they were just beginning to cut the gras around the building, and as soon as I got out of the house, the flagrance of freshly cut grass hit me. So good to be out again!
(taken with a fast zoom, they did not stand quiet long time)