North India. Adherents of Sikhism are known as Sikhs, meaning "students" or "disciples" of the guru. The English word Sikhism derives from the Punjabi...
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Punjab Sikhism in Jammu and Kashmir Ganga Sagar (urn) Jat Sikh List of British Sikhs Mazhabi Sikh Sects of Sikhism Sikhism by country Sikhism in India...
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The Sikh gurus (Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ; Hindi: सिख गुरु) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established the religion over the course of about two and...
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Khalistan movement (redirect from Sikhism and violence)
stemming from the 1940s. Historically, Sikhism has been pan-Indian, with the Guru Granth Sahib (the main scripture of Sikhism) drawing from works of saints in...
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preaching of Sikhism. He also established hundreds of new Centres of Sikhism (Sikh religious Institutions) and thus strengthened the base of Sikhism. The period...
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Followers of Sikhism do not have a preference for meat or vegetarian consumption. There are two views on initiated or "Amritdhari Sikhs" and meat consumption...
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Hinduism and Sikhism are Indian religions. Hinduism has pre-historic origins, while Sikhism was founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak. Both religions...
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by Sikhs. It is not necessarily expected to be worn by only Sikhs, but it is a prevalent practice and broadly represents ones' devotion to Sikhism. Sikhism...
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Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating...
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Indian youth. India portal List of famous Sikhs Religion in India Cochin Sikhs Sikhism Sikhism in Pakistan Sikh culture Fauja, S., & Talib, Gurbachan Singh...
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the Ravidasi Sikhs to leave Sikhism and become an independent religion fully separated from Sikhism. Prior to their break from Sikhism, the Dera Bhallan...
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Guru Nanak (category Indian Sikh religious leaders)
known as Bābā Nānak ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on...
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Hereditary priestly class – Sikhism does not have priests, as they were abolished by Guru Gobind Singh (the 10th Guru of Sikhism). The only position he left...
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while Sikhism is an Indian religion founded in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Islam means 'submission to god'. The word Sikh is derived...
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Brahmin Sikh is a Sikh religious group whose members belong to Brahmin community. They played a key role in the early years of Sikhism. Sometimes they...
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Golden Temple (redirect from Sikh Temple of Amritsar)
Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in...
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into Sikhism by its founder, Guru Nanak around 1500 CE in North Indian state of Punjab. The second Guru of Sikhism, Guru Angad, is remembered in Sikh tradition...
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in Pakistan "Sikhism holy days: Baisakhi". BBC. Retrieved 2007-07-08. "Sri Guru Tegh Bhadur Sahib Ji p2 | Sikh Gurus :Gateway to Sikhism". Archived from...
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Khalsa (redirect from Khalsa sikh)
considers Sikhism as its faith, as well as a special group of initiated Sikhs. The Khalsa tradition was initiated in 1699 by the Tenth Guru of Sikhism, Guru...
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discouraging the practice of sati Sikhism permits remarriage of widows. Sikhism was highly critical of all forms of strict veiling, Sikh Gurus condemned it and rejected...
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is a fundamental institution of Sikhism. Sikh festivals are largely focused on the lives of the Sikh gurus and Sikh martyrs. Their martyrdoms are regarded...
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the period from 1762 to 1799, Sikh commanders of the misls appeared to be coming into their own as independent. Sikhism began during the conquest of North...
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Guru Granth Sahib (redirect from Sikh Holy Book)
ɡɾənt̪ʰᵊ säː(ɦ)(ɪ)bᵊ(˦)]) is the central holy religious scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign and eternal Guru following the lineage...
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Punjabi Sikhs are adherents of Sikhism who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis. Punjabi Sikhs are the third-largest...
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Sikhism is the fourth-largest religious group in Canada, with nearly 800,000 adherents, or 2.1% of Canada's population, as of 2021. The largest Sikh populations...
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Sikhs Most of the 25-30 million followers of Sikhism, the world's fifth-largest religion live in the northern Indian state of Punjab, the only Sikh-majority...
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Sikhism in Afghanistan in the contemporary era is limited to small populations, primarily in major cities, with the largest numbers of Afghan Sikhs living...
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In Sikhism, kesh or kes (Gurmukhi: ਕੇਸ) is the practice of allowing one's hair to grow naturally without cutting. The practice is one of The Five Kakaars...
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Gurdwara (redirect from Sikh Temple)
"BBC - Religions - Sikhism: The Gurdwara" Archived 2017-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, BBC.co.uk, 2010. "BBC - Religions - Sikhism: Weddings" Archived...
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