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* Udasis are not enjoined to keep the five kakkaars - Sikhs are. | * Udasis are not enjoined to keep the five kakkaars - Sikhs are. | ||
* Udasis need not be initiated in the ceremony of Pahul - Sikhs must. | * Udasis need not be initiated in the ceremony of Pahul - Sikhs must. | ||
* Caps are the peculiar badges of Udasis - Sikhs are prohibited from wearing them. | |||
* Udasis observe Hindu rites and ceremonies - Sikhs do not. | * Udasis observe Hindu rites and ceremonies - Sikhs do not. | ||
* Udasis adore samadhs - Sikhs do not. | * The chief object of worship of Udasis is the ball of ashes - this is condemned by the Sikhs. Udasis adore samadhs - Sikhs do not. | ||
* Udasis may smoke - Sikhs may not. Smoking is an act of apostasy. | * Udasis may smoke - Sikhs may not. Smoking is an act of apostasy. | ||
* Udasis employ Brahmins - Sikhs are not allowed to. | * Udasis employ Brahmins - Sikhs are not allowed to. | ||
* Udasis perform shraadh (ancestral rites of offering food to the dead) - Sikhs do not. | * Udasis perform shraadh (ancestral rites of offering food to the dead) - Sikhs do not. | ||
* Udasis observe the caste system - Sikhs do not. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Latest revision as of 20:12, 14 January 2009
In 1926 the Lahore High Court passed a judgement that Udasis are not Sikhs. A large number of differences between Sikhs and Udasis have been detailed. The most important are :
- Udasis wear clothes of ochre colour - Sikhs do not.
- Udasis may or may not have long hair - Sikhs are enjoined to. Cutting the hair is an act of apostasy.
- Udasis are not enjoined to keep the five kakkaars - Sikhs are.
- Udasis need not be initiated in the ceremony of Pahul - Sikhs must.
- Caps are the peculiar badges of Udasis - Sikhs are prohibited from wearing them.
- Udasis observe Hindu rites and ceremonies - Sikhs do not.
- The chief object of worship of Udasis is the ball of ashes - this is condemned by the Sikhs. Udasis adore samadhs - Sikhs do not.
- Udasis may smoke - Sikhs may not. Smoking is an act of apostasy.
- Udasis employ Brahmins - Sikhs are not allowed to.
- Udasis perform shraadh (ancestral rites of offering food to the dead) - Sikhs do not.
- Udasis observe the caste system - Sikhs do not.
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