Ragmala

Ragmala, alternatively spelt as Raagmala or Ragamala (Punjabi: ਰਾਗਮਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi); pronounced rāgmālā,) is a composition of twelve verses (sixty lines) that names various raga.

[2]“The last pages of the Kartarpur Beerh do not suggest, either because of the presence of blank spaces, or scoring out, or obliteration hortal, or otherwise, that there was or could have been the least intention to write these hymns in the Granth.

Another argument of the traditional schools (sampardai) that the Ragmala belongs to the original copy (written in the same ink and the same pen as the other parts) of the Granth.

Various Sikh Sampardas (traditional lineages of knowledge) allege that the Ragmala is not just a rosary of the Raags of the Guru Granth Sahib, but has a deeper spiritual meaning.

(Since there is a difference of opinion within the Panth on this issue, nobody should dare to write or print a copy of Guru Granth Sahib excluding the Raag Mala).

Sikh Ragamala paintings from the last page of an illustrated Guru Granth Sahib , which carries the last verse of the Ragmala in a tiny circle. The script is in the Paonta Sahib hand. ca.18th century