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Sindhi Bhasha Divas (10 April)

Sindhi is a major language spoken in the western part of India and mainly in the province of Sindh. It is the mother tongue of the Sindhi Hindu community. Sindhi language is called Kutch language in Kutch district of Gujarat. And they speak this language in Kutch too. It is related to the Aryan language family at the level of the linguistic family, which includes Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati languages, including Sanskrit. According to the opinion of many recognized scholars, among the modern Indian languages, Sindhi is closest to Sanskrit as a dialect. About 70 percent of Sindhi words are of Sanskrit origin. Sindhi language, the modern Indo-Aryan language of Sindh region, which is related to Prakrit named Paishachi and Apabhramsa named Vrachad. Both these names indicate that the non-Aryan elements were already present in the origin of Sindhi, even though they were secondary due to Aryan influences. Balochi in the west of Sindhi, Lahandi in the north, Marwari in the east and Gujarati in
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Sindhi Language

Sindhi language, Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 23 million people in Pakistan, mostly living in the southeastern province of Sindh, where it has official status, and in the adjacent Las Bela district of Balochistan. In India, where Sindhi is one of the languages recognized by the constitution, there are some 2.5 million speakers, including both speakers of the Kachchhi dialect living in Kachchh, on the Pakistan frontier, and communities descended from Sindhi-speaking immigrants who had left Pakistan in 1947–48 and who are mostly settled in Gujarat and Maharashtra states. There are also smaller overseas groups in North America, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Sindhi Jhulelal Aarti

चेटी चंड जैसे त्यौहारों तथा सिंधी समाज के अन्य कार्यक्रमों में सबसे ज्यादा गाई जाने वाली आरती। भगवान झूलेलाल के प्रत्येक मंदिर में यह आरती सुवह-शाम अवश्य गायी जाती है। ॐ जय दूलह देवा, साईं जय दूलह देवा । पूजा कनि था प्रेमी, सिदुक रखी सेवा ॥ तुहिंजे दर दे केई, सजण अचनि सवाली । दान वठन सभु दिलि, सां कोन दिठुभ खाली ॥ ॥ ॐ जय दूलह देवा...॥ अंधड़नि खे दिनव, अखडियूँ - दुखियनि खे दारुं । पाए मन जूं मुरादूं, सेवक कनि थारू ॥ ॥ ॐ जय दूलह देवा...॥ फल फूलमेवा सब्जिऊ, पोखनि मंझि पचिन । तुहिजे महिर मयासा अन्न, बि आपर अपार थियनी ॥ ॥ ॐ जय दूलह देवा...॥ ज्योति जगे थी जगु में, लाल तुहिंजी लाली । अमरलाल अचु मूं वटी, हे विश्व संदा वाली ॥ ॥ ॐ जय दूलह देवा...॥ जगु जा जीव सभेई, पाणिअ बिन प्यास । जेठानंद आनंद कर, पूरन करियो आशा ॥ ॐ जय दूलह देवा, साईं जय दूलह देवा । पूजा कनि था प्रेमी, सिदुक रखी सेवा ॥

Cheti Chand - A Sindhis Big Festival

Cheti Chand is an important festival celebrated by Sindhi people of India. According to Hindu calendar, Cheti Chand is celebrated on the second day of Chaitra Shukla Paksha. Most of the times, it is celebrated one day after Ugadi and Gudi Padwa. It is the day when the New Moon becomes visible after no moon day. Due to the first appearance of the moon during the Cheti month, this day is known as Cheti Chand. The Sindhi community celebrates the festival of Cheti Chand to commemorate the birth anniversary of Ishtadeva Uderolal which is popularly known as Jhulelal, the patron saint of Sindhis. The exact year of the birth of Saint Jhulelal is not known but he was born during the 10th century in Sindh. This was the time when Sindh came under the rule of Sumras. Sumras were tolerant to all other religions. However a tyrant named Mirkshah was threatening Sindhi Hindus to either convert to Islam or face the death. Sindhis prayed to the river God to protect them from the fo