2024 Competition Results will be announced at:
Gurdwara sahib, Revesby
On, 18th August 2024
The Bhai Hira Singh Ragi Memorial Competition is an annual gurmat sangeet competition held in Sydney for youth under the age of 25. We encourage all youth to participate by performing kirtan, reciting paath or playing a musical instrument.
Bhai Hira Singh ji, iconic kirtaniye in whose memory this competition is held.
2024 will be the 23nd year that this competition has been running in Sydney, with the Grace of Waheguru.
The competition is held in honour of the memory of Bhai Hira Singh ji, one of the most impactful kirtaniye of the twentieth century for our community.
With around 100 participants each year, the competition consists of individual and jatha events for age groups starting from Under 5 years up to the 17-25 years age group.
Bhai Hira Singh Ragi Gurmat Sangeet Competition focuses on singing Shabads in Raags from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj and Sri Dasam Granth Ji. We highly encourage and promote singing Shabads with traditional string instruments like Dilruba, Taus, Rabab, and instruments like Tabla. Any participant not singing in Nirdharit Raag will lose 15 marks.
Nirdharit Raag is the Raag which the Shabad is composed in Guru Granth Sahib ji or Dasam Granth Sahib Ji. For instance, if a Shabad is composed in Asa raag, we expect participants to sing in Asa Raag only.