{
  "name": "SikhArchive collection catalogue",
  "url": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections",
  "description": "A directory of linked collection tools, not a copy of their underlying holdings. Descriptions and review dates mirror the collection index.",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SikhArchive",
    "url": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/",
    "contact": "contact@sikharchive.co.uk"
  },
  "generated": "2026-09-09",
  "rights": "Individual works retain their own rights; consult source records.",
  "entries": [
    {
      "name": "Guru Granth Sahib Ji",
      "description": "All 1,430 angs of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, read verse by verse across 111 languages. The primary reader at the centre of the archive.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/sggs",
      "format": "Scripture · multilingual reader",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dasam Granth Sahib Ji",
      "description": "Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s compositions, beginning with Jaap Sahib. Browse the scripture page by page in English and other available languages.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/dasam",
      "format": "Scripture · translated editions",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sarbloh Granth Sahib Ji",
      "description": "The Sarbloh Granth, also known as the All-Iron Scripture. A page-based reader for its spiritual compositions and the Khalsa’s warrior ethos.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/sarbloh",
      "format": "Scripture · page-based reader",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daily Hukamnama",
      "description": "The day’s Hukamnama from Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar. A daily entry point into the Guru Granth Sahib rather than a separate textual canon.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/hukamnama",
      "format": "Daily reading · Harmandir Sahib",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Exegesis",
      "description": "Faridkot commentary in seven languages, paired with 49 parts of Bhai Seva Singh Ji’s katha. Three lessons currently have extracted reading text; the others are video.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/exegesis",
      "format": "Commentary · text and recorded katha",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mahan Kosh",
      "description": "Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha’s encyclopaedic dictionary: 64,218 headwords in 28 languages. Use it to investigate vocabulary, people, places and concepts.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/dictionary",
      "format": "Reference · searchable headwords",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Gurbani Search",
      "description": "Search across six corpora: Guru Granth Sahib, Dasam Granth, Sarbloh Granth, Vaaran Bhai Gurdas, Bhai Nand Lal and Amrit Keertan. Continue from a result into its reading context.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/gurbani-hub",
      "format": "Search · six textual sources",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Library",
      "description": "SikhArchive’s programme reports 3,001 books converted into English for the first time using proprietary AI developed in house. Browse translated granths, teekas and histories by collection or author.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/library",
      "format": "Library · translated texts",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Classics",
      "description": "Public-domain primary texts, from the Gita and Upanishads to a growing collection of world literature. The entry point opens the Classics Library.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/classics",
      "format": "Comparative reading · primary texts",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Apologetics",
      "description": "Questions about Sikhi explored through dialogue, Gurbani references and scholarly context. A starting point for examining arguments and interpretations.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/apologetics",
      "format": "Study · questions and responses",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "SACRED SCRIPTURES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-A"
    },
    {
      "name": "Divine Prayers",
      "description": "Nitnem and other Sikh prayers with synchronised multilingual verses. Read the daily banis in their prayer context.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/prayers",
      "format": "Prayer collection · parallel verses",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORSHIP & MUSIC",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-B"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sacred Music",
      "description": "Kirtan, simran and katha recordings with search, playlists and shabads. The site reports more than 38,000 tracks in this audio library.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/kirtan",
      "format": "Audio · recordings and playlists",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORSHIP & MUSIC",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-B"
    },
    {
      "name": "VR Meditation",
      "description": "A browser entry point for immersive meditation, also linked from Digital Darbar. The experience is designed for VR and supported browser devices.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/vr/meditation",
      "format": "Immersive experience · VR",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORSHIP & MUSIC",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-B"
    },
    {
      "name": "108 FM Radio",
      "description": "108 FM sequences Nitnem, kirtan, katha, sehaj path and simran into a continuous station drawn from the audio library.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/radio",
      "format": "Audio · continuous radio",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORSHIP & MUSIC",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-B"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nanakshahi Calendar",
      "description": "Sikh dates and upcoming Gurpurabs. Open Sikhi.io’s full menu and choose Nanakshahi Calendar.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/",
      "format": "Calendar tool · via main menu",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORSHIP & MUSIC",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-B"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bikrami Calendar",
      "description": "The traditional lunar calendar alongside the Sikh calendar. Open Sikhi.io’s full menu and choose Bikrami Calendar.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/",
      "format": "Calendar tool · via main menu",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORSHIP & MUSIC",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-B"
    },
    {
      "name": "Twelve Gurus",
      "description": "A visual sequence covering the ten human Gurus, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and Guru Khalsa Panth, with their teachings and historical contributions.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/gurus",
      "format": "History · biographical profiles",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Saints & Mahapurkhs",
      "description": "A register of saints, bhagats and mahapurkhs across Sikh history. Explore named figures and their contributions to the Panth.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/saints",
      "format": "History · biographical directory",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Gurus' Stories",
      "description": "Sakhis and narratives about the Gurus, gathered as a story collection. Read alongside the biographical profiles and historical timeline.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/stories",
      "format": "History · narrative accounts",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Timeline",
      "description": "An interactive chronology from 1469 onward. The archive’s navigation reports 486 events spanning milestones, conflicts and changes in Sikh history.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/timeline",
      "format": "History · dated events",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Martyrs",
      "description": "Biographical accounts of Sikh shaheeds across five centuries. The site describes a collection of more than 400 people who died for faith and freedom.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/martyrs",
      "format": "History · named biographical records",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Gurdwaras",
      "description": "A worldwide directory of gurdwaras with addresses, services and contact details. The site reports more than 1,600 places.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/gurdwara",
      "format": "Places · location and contact records",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Surnames",
      "description": "An alphabetical reference to Punjabi and Sikh surnames, with community, region and primary-source citations, including Rose and Ibbetson.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/surnames",
      "format": "Genealogy · 524 named entries",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Wootz Workshop",
      "description": "A study of wootz and Damascus steel: composition, carbide banding and the metallurgy behind patterned blades. Connects material science with Sikh shastar.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/wootz",
      "format": "Material history · sourced explanation",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shastar Vidiya",
      "description": "The battlefield art of the Punjab, presented through its history, combat principles, curriculum and nine-generation lineage. Includes separate studies for each.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/shastar-vidya",
      "format": "Martial history · four study sections",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "HISTORY & HERITAGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-C"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sikhi School",
      "description": "Guided santhiya, pronunciation, grammar and word meanings. Learn to read Gurbani, beginning with texts such as Japji Sahib.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/gurbani",
      "format": "Learning · reading and pronunciation",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "LEARN SIKHI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-D"
    },
    {
      "name": "Punjabi School",
      "description": "Punjabi reading and speaking lessons with native-voice phrases and a 12,800-entry Punjabi–English dictionary. A language-learning surface within Sikhi.io.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/punjabi",
      "format": "Language · lessons and dictionary",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "LEARN SIKHI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-D"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sikh University",
      "description": "An external university for Sikh studies and modern skills. Its homepage reports 558+ courses across 23 subjects, with guided journeys and departments.",
      "url": "https://sikhiuni.com",
      "format": "Education · partner institution",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "LEARN SIKHI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-D"
    },
    {
      "name": "Beliefs",
      "description": "Core concepts including Ik Onkar, Hukam, Naam, Langar and the Khalsa, explained with Gurbani citations and cross-references.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/beliefs",
      "format": "Study · concepts and citations",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "LEARN SIKHI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-D"
    },
    {
      "name": "Science",
      "description": "Essays exploring connections drawn between gurmat and scientific topics, including biology, cosmology and physics. Read these as interpretations and discussion.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/science",
      "format": "Study · science and interpretation",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "LEARN SIKHI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-D"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kids Learning",
      "description": "Curated educational videos and courses covering children’s learning, technology, careers and financial literacy, viewable within the site.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/kids",
      "format": "Learning · educational media",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "LEARN SIKHI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-D"
    },
    {
      "name": "VR Games",
      "description": "Digital Darbar brings together browser-based 3D and VR experiences, including games, meditation, art and sacred books.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/vr#games",
      "format": "Immersive learning · browser and VR",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "LEARN SIKHI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-D"
    },
    {
      "name": "PDF Library",
      "description": "Digitised manuscripts and historical texts in scanned form. The site reports 4,800+ items; consult individual records for their available files and editions.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/pdf",
      "format": "Documents · scanned texts",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "BOOKS & KNOWLEDGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-E"
    },
    {
      "name": "Literature",
      "description": "814 English translations and commentaries by Jvala Singh, covering works such as Suraj Prakash, Gurbilas and Panth Prakash. Credits link to the original publishers.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/literature",
      "format": "Literature · attributed translations",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "BOOKS & KNOWLEDGE",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-E"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sikhflix",
      "description": "Curated Sikh teaching, history, bani and stories from channels including Basics of Sikhi, Nanak Nivaas and Ramblings of a Sikh.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/sikhflix",
      "format": "Video · curated programmes",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "MEDIA & ARTS",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-F"
    },
    {
      "name": "Podcasts",
      "description": "Long-form spoken series, including Basics of Sikhi katha, the Gurmukh Series and the Suraj Podcast. Browse by programme and subject.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/podcasts",
      "format": "Audio · episodic series",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "MEDIA & ARTS",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-F"
    },
    {
      "name": "Art Gallery",
      "description": "Paintings, portraits, manuscripts, calligraphy and architecture, organised by subject. The site reports more than 8,000 images.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/gallery",
      "format": "Visual archive · images and categories",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "MEDIA & ARTS",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-F"
    },
    {
      "name": "AI Restoration",
      "description": "Before-and-after AI restorations of damaged photographs and paintings, with full-resolution examples and a route to submit family photographs.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/restoration",
      "format": "Images · AI restoration",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "MEDIA & ARTS",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-F"
    },
    {
      "name": "Banners",
      "description": "Full-resolution paintings and banners used across Sikhi.io, available for talks, posters, wallpapers, camps and school projects.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/banners",
      "format": "Visual resources · downloads",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "MEDIA & ARTS",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-F"
    },
    {
      "name": "Spiritual Discourse",
      "description": "Gurbani katha and spiritual explanations for listening and study. An entry point into interpretive talks alongside the scripture and commentary readers.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/discourse",
      "format": "Interpretation · recorded discourse",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "DISCOURSE & AI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-G"
    },
    {
      "name": "Open Source",
      "description": "A catalogue of 12,517 open-source projects, each described by what it can help you build, alongside engineering videos.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/opensource",
      "format": "Technology · software reference",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "DISCOURSE & AI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-G"
    },
    {
      "name": "Learn Coding",
      "description": "Hands-on coding lessons in a browser IDE: variables, loops, functions, data structures, errors, classes and asynchronous code.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/code",
      "format": "Learning · interactive programming",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "DISCOURSE & AI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-G"
    },
    {
      "name": "Learn Agentic Coding",
      "description": "Agentic coding instruction covering commands, project instructions, skills, subagents, permissions and MCP, with explanations of how and why they work.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/ai",
      "format": "Learning · agentic coding guide",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "DISCOURSE & AI",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-G"
    },
    {
      "name": "The 3rd Panth",
      "description": "A proposal to the global Sikh Panth about organising seva, placed alongside a historical account of how the Panth has been run.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/3rd",
      "format": "Community · proposal and history",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORLD & COMMUNITY",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-H"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sikh Shops",
      "description": "An index of products from Sikh shops, including kakkars, dastar fabric, books and instruments. Purchases take place with the linked merchants.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/shop",
      "format": "Directory · external merchants",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORLD & COMMUNITY",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-H"
    },
    {
      "name": "Universal Message",
      "description": "Choose among 111 languages to enter scripture and introductory material. This language hub is distinct from the dedicated international reading-room domains.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/universal",
      "format": "Languages · multilingual entry points",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORLD & COMMUNITY",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-H"
    },
    {
      "name": "Directory",
      "description": "A described index of public Sikh projects: Gurbani apps, archives, charities, audio resources, language tools and more. Links lead to their respective publishers.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/directory",
      "format": "Directory · projects and organisations",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORLD & COMMUNITY",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-H"
    },
    {
      "name": "Suggestions",
      "description": "Send corrections, suggestions and ideas to the archive’s builders. Use this route to report a missing source or an issue with an entry.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/contact",
      "format": "Participation · feedback",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "WORLD & COMMUNITY",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-H"
    },
    {
      "name": "Internet Archive",
      "description": "Preserved websites, Wayback snapshots, books, journals, manuscripts, news, theses and forum or blog backups, gathered against the loss of online records.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/archive",
      "format": "Preservation · documents and web history",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "ARCHIVES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-I"
    },
    {
      "name": "Encyclopedia",
      "description": "Articles based on the Encyclopedia of Sikhism from Punjabi University, Patiala. Search history, theology and culture; the page reports 3,166 articles across 54 categories.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/encyclopedia",
      "format": "Reference · attributed articles",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "ARCHIVES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-I"
    },
    {
      "name": "SikhiWiki",
      "description": "Search an index of 13,636 SikhiWiki articles on Sikh history, theology and the Gurus. Each result links to SikhiWiki to read the full article.",
      "url": "https://sikhi.io/sikhiwiki",
      "format": "Reference · external full-text articles",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "ARCHIVES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-I"
    },
    {
      "name": "Immutable SGGS",
      "description": "The permanent edition of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, preserved on Arweave. An external preservation destination for the scripture.",
      "url": "https://sikhism.ar.io",
      "format": "Permanent edition · external site",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-09-07",
      "field": "ARCHIVES",
      "guide": "https://sikharchive.co.uk/collections#wing-I"
    }
  ]
}