SikhRoots.com provides news, history, videos & events for the Sikh community
Title
SikhRoots.com - The ultimate resource for Sikh all over the world.
Description
Excerpted from the website description:
- SikhRoots is the creation from a team of volunteers based in the United Kingdom. This website has been setup to encourage and inspire people to learn more about the Sikh faith, its history, its teachings and to encourage a simple, honest and spiritual life.
Background
SikhRoots has gone through many changes in the past decade to become one of the most visited and talked about Sikh websites in the world.
In 2002, Sikhifm.com was launched following on the success from a local community based radio station. It launched at a time where there were not many quality Sikh websites on the web despite a rapidly growing online community. The website was the first to offer a huge collection of Gurbani keertan and katha MP3's - for free. It was a controversial move as many record companies who sold Gurbani CD's for profit were not happy. However, SikhiFM always argued the fact that Gurbani, in any form, should not be sold for profit.
In 2005, the name was changed to EKTA ONE. Ekta, in its simplest context, means "unity" and the name was also an abbreviation for “Everyone Keeping Together As One”. The change was to give the name more meaning and save confusion as Sikhi FM radio station was discontinued. It became hugely popular and was a very unique and diverse website. The revamp of the website made it the first Sikh website in the world to welcome people from all jathebandhis (Sikh groups) and brought together recordings and photos from events that were organised by many jathas. It was endorsed and commended by AKJ (UK), AKJ (International), Damdami Taksaal, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha, Nihangs and Nanaksar.
Discover Your Roots
In 2007, the EktaOne project came to an end due to a few who wished to bring the website down by launching personal attacks. However, later on that year, SikhRoots was launched with a larger team and more volunteers to continue what was started in 2002 for the good of the world-wide Sikh community. In such a short space of time, SikhRoots has worked with local congregation in the United Kingdom as well as recruit volunteers worldwide as far as America and Canada to help and contribute to the website. We work with other organisations and groups to help organise large events such as the Sanjha Smagams and Atam Ras Keertan Darbaars, as well as liasing with media organisations such as the BBC and ITV.
Achieving unity is never an easy thing. It takes blood, sweat and tears to build a united nation and our Sikh history is evident of this. We are a nation built by saint soldiers and martyrs – those who fought against tyranny, oppression and injustice even when they were small in numbers. The sevadars at SikhRoots will never be able to match what so many great men and women in the past and present have done and are doing for the Sikh nation, but we try our best with what little we have and the abilities that Vaheguru Jee has given us. We are not perfect - only Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee is perfection.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have and do help us with what we are trying to achieve. With your help, we have not only had the the energy to keep us going and overcome these battles we have face, but from your love and support we have managed to spread the love of Waheguru throghout the world and we pray that remains for generations to come. These websites, this seva has been going since the volunteers behind it were young teenagers. In light of this, we realise we have made mistakes and if anything we have said or done has affected you negatively, we apologise deeply for them.
Additional Information
Administrators : Amanpreet Singh (Wolverhampton) Harmeet Singh (London)
