Kara

Kara: Iron bangle

Worn by Sikhs to make a social statement & formal commitment to the Guru's - Words of Wisdom.

• 1. It is One of the five symbols of Sikh Identity, it conveys the idea that a Sikh is eternally hand-cuffed to ONE ABSOLUTE 'TRUTH' (GOD/GURU) consolidated in the Holy. The wearer is understood to have willfully accepted to stay a slave of GURU for the whole life and beyond .

• 2. It testifies to a sikh's being a life time student dedicated to the search of 'TRUTH' through humble service & absolute submission'(analysis,understanding & implementation of principles scripted in 'The Guru Granth Sahib') to GURU.
• 3. The term 'GURU' refers not to a human GURU, but 'Satgur' (in short ' Gur') i.e 'TRUE IDEA(s)' of living dedicated to absolute 'TRUTH' & 'Humanity'.

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