The Satpanth Ismaili Muslims of South Asia have a beautiful tradition of religious poetry called Ginans which they have sung for many centuries in daily rituals. This small Shi’a community has spread form India to other contintents, but it has held fast to the practice of singing Ginans.
Composed in Indian languages and idiom, the Ginans illustrate how Muslims were influenced by the surrounding cultures and philosophies, and created new ways of expressing their beliefs and values. Although this living tradition of religious songs is central to Ismaili practice, only a handful of studies have delt with the subject.
Database, historical details and more information
http://www.ginans.org
Ismailimail 
This is the most comprehensive and outstanding website on Ginan. Many congratulations to the Association for the Study of Ginan and especially Mr. Pyar Ali Jiwa for contributing his 12 years of dedication, devotion and love for our ginans. My sincere gratitude also goes to Zahir Virani for website designing and Islam Shah for countless hours of hard work.
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Karim
Thank you for your wonderful presentation at the conference. It has certainly created a lot of interest in the subjet.
We look forward to working closely with you for the next conference in 2010.
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has anyone been able to apply for membership? I been trying but the membership form is not available.
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Membership is free and forms are downloadable from the website
http://www.Ginans.org
Once your application is accepted, you will receive an email giving your ID and password which allows members to access the Ginan database with text, translation where available, and audio recording.
You may make inquires by writing to studyofginans@ginans.org
We would like to thank you all for your interest and support.
Islamshah
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did any one opted for membership if yes then give me some more details of the same
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