![]() What has surprised scholars is that for 10 years since 2004, when Sidhu began the translation, till his death in 2014, he didn't tell anyone outside his family about the mammoth project he was working on. However, the entire granth is followed by Damdami Taksal and Gurdwara Hazoor Sahib, Nanded. A section of Sikh scholars and religious preachers say this was not authored by the guru. The part titled, "Triya Chirtra", running into 670 pages, is considered the most controversial. Whereas a section of Sikhs believes that it was entirely authored by the tenth Sikh master, Guru Gobind Singh, the other holds that only a part of it was penned by him. The authorship, authenticity and historicity of the 1428-page Sri Dasam Granth has been the subject of controversy throughout. ![]() The discovery surprised Punjabi academic and religious circles as the scholar had been criticised for not "writing much" during his lifetime. PATIALA: Five months after Hardiljit Singh Sidhu, popularly known in the academic world as "Lali Baba", died in December 2014, scholars of Punjabi University, Patiala, have found a 1,740-page manuscript of the first complete English translation of Sri Dasam Granth from his residence. ![]()
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