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| The origins of this sect goes back to the time of the third Guru, [[Guru Amar Das]],(1552-1574) aho became Guru at the age of seventy-three. The Sikhs community were spread all over India and scattered over a large area. Due to the young age of the previous Gurus, they moved about freely preaching and meeting their disciples over a large part of norther India. However, [[Guru Amar Das]] being old could not visit distant places and it was his wish to in contact with every Sikh.
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| Also, his headquarters at [[Goindwal] was becoming a very busy place as it was frequently visited by a high volume of Sikhs, and his presence there had become necessary. Guru ji wanted that their normal routine life should be preserved and that they should be trained in a certain discipline. For this purpose he established separate centers called manjis or cots "parishes" on which a preacher sat to sing [[Shabad]]s (hymns) to be followed in chorus by the congregation. The congregation were called [[sangat]] and the preacher sangatia. The Guru divided the whole area inhabited by the Sikhs into twenty-two manjis or districts
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