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The original copy of the Adi Granth remains in the hands of the Sodhi Family of Kartarpur and is known as the Kartarpur Bir. It is said to be eight inches thick with 1,948 pages of which some are blank. SikhNet News - Sikhs Want Original Granth Back in Golden Temple

The original granth was stolen by Guru Hargobind's grandson, Dhir Mal . It was later forceably recovered by followers of the ninth guru, Guru Teg Bahadur who were subsequently told to return the holy book to Dhir Mal. Very few people have closely examined the granth, but several Sikh scholars have scrutinised the text and have verified it as being the original. It is now shown only once a year on Vaisakhi . Descendants of Arjan Dev have original text


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