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...left|200px|An American [[Sikh]] patriot during the festival of [[Vasakhi]] in [[Philadelphia]]]] --> At the turn of the 19th century, many Sikhs began arriving to work on California farms. The state of [[Punj

...to the east of this state. Its population was 10,212 in 1961, and 11,885 in 1971. Now it has a population of about 20,000 and is classified as a Class ...[[New Delhi]], 120 km from [[Amritsar]] and 1400 km from [[Mumbai]]. It is in the North-West part of India; a few hundred kilometres south of [[Kashmir]]

...opular estimation it still retains this reputation, but, as the nineteenth century wore on, educated opinion became increasingly dissatisfied with its apparen ...of Trumpp's commission, he gave his new discovery considerable prominence in the preface to his The Adi Granth.<br />

...as the seventh descent from [[Diwan Kaura Mal]], an influential eighteenth century [[Sahajdhari]] Sikh. ...ine, he collected and transcribed [[Sanskrit]] manuscripts and wrote verse in [[Braj]] thereby laying the foundations of the family's literary tradition.

...from the [[Akal Takhat]]. Tohra’s Sahib’s contributions to the panth in his role as the President of the [[Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee ...in his mid”twenties. Tohra Ji was elected member of the SGPC in 1960. In 1973 he was elected its president for the first time. And he was re�

This is an Indian musical [[raga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy ...s raga is the forty-ninth raga to appear in the series. The composition in this raga appears on a total of 29 pages from page numbers 1168 to 1197.

...on Gaddi of Gorakhnath. His Discourse is situated in [[Guru Granth Sahib]] in bani called Sidh Gosat. Lohreepa told Guru Nanak about [[Yog]] Matt and Gur ...an name for Matsyendranath who flourished in the 10th century AD. Loharipa in Guru Nanak`s Sidh Gosli may be the name given a contemporary Natha yogi.

...supply green fodder for your horses every day. Please don't let them loose in our crops.' ...ality. They came to live in his village. He got killed thousands of Sikhs, in the between 1720-1730.

..., was a [[Jain]] who lived in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]], during 15th Century when Guru Nanak Dev visited Patna. He was Johri by profession i.e Jeweler. ...onal center was established and people of locality used to attend it daily in the morning and evening.

...gained access to the [[Mughal]] officials as a government contractor. When in 1733, the Mughal authority decided at the instance of [[Zakariya Khan]], th ...Mughal governor the offer of a jagir and nawabship which Sikhs turned down in the first instance. But Subeg Singh pleaded hard and was eventually able to

'''NABHA''' {{Coord|30.37|N|76.15|E|}} in a town in [[Patiala district]], [[Punjab]], [[India]]. It lies 15 km south of [[Chan ...f [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] from [[Delhi]] to [[Anandpur]] spent a night here in the solitary hut of an old Muslim recluse, Dargahi Shah, who on hearing an

...themselves as the Pure race, God's chosen people. How could they maintain this purity if they mixed with non Jews. ...lated as ultra-orthodox Judaism, although Haredi Jews themselves object to this translation. They simply refer to themselves as Jews, and they consider mor

...is known to many Muslims even today by his title alone is the seventh/13th century Persian mystic Rumi. ...aph reads: "When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men".

...9-1539), the founder of the [[Sikhism|Sikh faith]]. Guru Nanak was born in this town on [[Baisakh]] sudi 3, 1526 Bk/ 15 April 1469. ...with the wonderful adventure of the early childhood of the Guru. The Guru in his infancy, used to transport the enlightenment of the [[Naam]] (God's nam

...om Sirhind, and an ardent follower of the Sikh Gurus, who became the diwan in the court of Nawab Wazir Khan, the Governor of Sirhind, under Mughal Empire The haveli is situated in Harnam Nagar, on the Eastern side of Sirhind-Rupnagar Railway Line just 1 k

==Attack on Gurdwara in Wisconsin== ...He would have discovered a religious community so confident and expansive in its hospitality that it would embrace a complete stranger.

...med it Sanskrit (means adorned). Pali/Prakrit is much older than Sanskrit. In fact, the very meaning of the word “Prakrit” is “original”, or “n ...did not use any diacritics to modify the inherent vowel of the consonants. This script was mainly used by village traders to keep their account and money l

...A gift for generations to come: Historian Gurinder Singh Mann is building, in New York, a repository of texts and artifacts related to Sikhism|newspaper= ...in Religion at Columbia University in 1987, and completed his Ph.D. there in 1993.<ref>[http://www.giss.org/pdf/gurinder_singh_mann_cv_2019.pdf Curricul

...ed the Fifth, Sixth and the Seventh Gurus, was the son of Bhai Adam (Uddam in some chronicles), a Sidhu Jatt of [[Malwa]] country. Sikh chronicles record ...was referring metaphorically to death, alluding to [[Shaikh Farid]]'s line in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]] :

...een suggested that Sufi thought emerged from the Middle East in the eighth century, but adherents are now found around the world. Some Sufis have also claimed ...o relish the beauty of the Punjabi language. We present a brief history of this revered and distinct sect taken with courtesy from H.A.Rose's "Tribes & Cas

...r (present) Gurdwara Sahib in Ross Street. It was very unfortunate to lose this historical Sikh monument. ...orner of Ross Street and S.E. Marine Drive. The construction was completed in 1970 by the Haebler Construction Co. Ltd. at the cost of $433,000.

...rable portraits of the ideal Sikh homo whose spirit never falters or wilts in the midst of life's miseries, confusions and terrors. ...t represents a moment in Sikh consciousness around the turn of the present century.

...have their own language called "[[Lubanki]]" which is a dialect. However, this language is only spoken by Labanas outside the Punjab, state of India. The ...ab]]. In [[Ambala]] district, for example, on account of their versatility in adopting different vocations, the lobanas were called "'''Bahrupias'''"

Sikhs have a long history of military service. Whether in the British Indian Army or the post-independence Indian Army, Sikhs have al ...ikhs have provided the backbone of the Indian military since the late 19th century. While it may not have been accurate to mark Sikhs as particularly more war

...ty among themselves. Their armies, including that of RANJIT Singh, he held in poor estimate. His observations on the social life of the Punjab, especiall 2. Khurana, Gianeshwar, British Historiography on the Sikh Power in the Punjab. Delhi, 1985

...an. Baba Farid, a revered [[Sufi]] saint and a [[Sikh bhagat]], is a 12th century saint highly respected by both Sikhs and Sufis. ...the ''"Matchless Scholar of Sikh Lore"'' and his Bani is lovingly recited in the early hours on every bhog (conclusion) of the complete recital of the h

...asthan in India. He is known as "Plato" of Jat caste in India. He was born in the month of February 1707. He was one of the eighteen living sons of Thaku ...peror recognized him and the title of 'Raja' (King) was conferred upon him in 1724.

...ns from it being proposed and considered. The following gentlemen attended this meeting of the Advisory Committee: ...last century are being questioned by the attitudes and actions of Sikhs in this modern and global age especially by the young.

...a), but also for harbouring many Islamic schools ('madrassas'). All in all this makes it a fascinating place to visit, and as there are so many festivals c

...y backed out. He then approached Minty Tejpal, brother of Tehelka's editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who liked his music and offered him a contract. Soon af ...the most frequently played non-film song of 2005 in India. The other songs in the album include songs of joy ("Ajj Nachna"), love ("Tere Bin") and even o

...which became the site of a big [[Sikh]] convention early in the twentieth century. ...shiarpur]] district. For twelve years he presented himself once every week in the holy [[sangat]] at Thakurval, about 30 km away from his village.

...ptural text transmitted to the laity required annotation and explanation. In consequence there arose a whole body of exegetical literature; also several ...by Baba Miharban. The writings of Bhai Gurdas (d. 1636) are placed by some in the same category.

...hitotulo, or Shatadru (the River Sutlej), which was about 2000 H or 533 km in circuit. The Shatadru principality subsequently became part of the vast kin ...val towns of [[Sunam]] and [[Samana]] were subordinated to it and included in what was called Sirhind sarkar of the [[Subah of Delhi]].

.../watch?v=8pqzMgznE2w&feature=channel '''Watch video about this Sikh sangat in Argentina'''] From: AFP on 30 October 2008 ...tina in the early 19th century to work on a British-built railroad. Later, in the 1970s, others came after being barred entry to Canada and the United St

...nd made his journal the mouthpiece of progressive ideas. In Lahore he came in contact with Amrita Pritam and they jointly endeavoured to enrich Punjabi p ...were benefited through interaction with him. He has the major contribution in providing a literary shade to Punjab that is now termed as the literary & c

...e Contemporary Period: From the Mid-nineteenth to the End of the Twentieth Century|year=2005|publisher=UNESCO|isbn=9231039857|author=Chahryar Adle|coauthors=M

THE HISTORY OF SIKHS IN CHINA ...sikhnet.com/news/contribution-sikhs-china</ref> The first gurdwara went up in the same year.

[[Image:Punjab Faridkot.jpg|thumb|350px|right|{{cs|'''Faridkot District in [[Punjab state]], [[India]]}}]] ...udlist province under British rule, but now it is a district in [[Punjab]] in independent India.

...s (मिनहास) is Rajput and Jat Gotra found in Punjab, India and in Pakistan. In the Western Punjab Virks are supposed to belong to Mahe dynasty, and Minhas ...His descendant Jammu founded an independent state of that name, and fourth in descent from him reigned Jograj circa 474 Sambat. From him descended the De

...the [[Southall]] Sikhs, the Southall Sikh Cultural Society was established in 1960. * To propagate Punjabi as the medium through writings in books, magazines and newspapers.

...inity College Cambridge]] became Lord Chancellor, the highest law officer in England , he was already recognised as a philosopher. He was endowed with t ...e of learning began with [[Wikipedia:Roger Bacon|Roger Bacon]] in the 14th century. The torch of genius was then taken up by [[Wikipedia:Leonardo da Vinci|Leo

...ttributed to [[Guru Gobind Singh]] was added to the Bani in the late 19th century. The addition was later ratified by the supreme Sikh religious body - the ...to more comfortable indoor clothing the family gathers together to recite this Bani. It adds energy to both the body and the mind allowing one to conclud

...te) dating back to the British time. The house provides a nice green space in the concrete commercial jungle of the posh Lawrence Road. ...act and all belongings of the celebrity Punjabi writer have been preserved in the original shape.

...ened by his successors and particularly by [[Guru Arjan]] at [[Amritsar]]. In spite of several interruptions, kirtan continued to be performed at the [[G ...rababis used to perform kirtan regularly at Amritsar before the Partition in 1947. The last of the line of rababis was Bhai Chand whose kirtan the autho

...n as [[Nankana sahib]]), the birth place of [[Guru Nanak sahib]]. He lived in the area of today's [[Kiratpur]], long before the township was established. ...rines that claim to hold his remains. In Jammu City planes are said to dip in deference to his memory on landing and taking off. On each Thursday, his g

...ling dynasty of the Kapurthala State. Before that Kalals held a low status in the traditional caste hierarchy, close to the outcastes. Their name comes f ...ordered their widows to be remarried. When the Ahluwalias refused to obey this order, Aurangzeb terminated their Administrative Law

...ive in; some of this information we can now verify scientifically but when this text was first written during the 1500's and 1600's, these statements must ...w|Giordano Bruno}}(1548–1600) was {{w|burned at the stake}} by authorities in 1600 for expressing these "radical" views.

...tury. [[Guru Nanak]], their first 'spiritual teacher' or [[Guru]] was born in [[1469]]. ...[[North America]]. Almost 18 million Sikhs live in the [[Punjab]] district in what is now [[India]] and [[Pakistan]].

...ction took place in which Sukkha Singh and his men died fighting to a man. This was sometime during the first half of January 1752.

...Three years senior in age to Guru Nanak, the two were childhood playmates in [[Talvandi]]. From Talvandi, he accompanied Guru Nanak to [[Sultanpur]] whe ...uru's life. Very graphic, if somewhat miraculous, is the version contained in an old text, the [[Mahima Prakash]]. To quote: "''Guru Angad one day spoke

'''Raga Maru''' This is the forty third (43rd) [[Raga]] or Chapter to appear in the [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji ]]. The first raga or Chapter is [[Aasaa]] R This Raga appears on pages 989 to 1107 and covers a total of 118 pages. Below i

...s in Sanskrit pat which means, variously, "to fall, sink, descend; to fall in the moral sense; to lose caste, rank or position," usually denotes one who ...t prescribed for the Sikhs in the form of rahitndmds during the eighteenth century. Even the rahitnamas describe transgressor of the code of conduct as tankha

...ia, it is called a 'Tura'. When a Nihang keeps such a loose piece of cloth in his turban, it is called a 'Pharla'. ...rla'. They would also keep a loose piece of turban hanging on their backs. This piece is called a 'Shamla'.

...; also Kanada)''' is an Indian musical [[raga]] (composition) that appears in the [[Sikh]] tradition from northern [[India]] and is part of the Sikh holy ...med by many to be North India's greatest raga. There are a number of ragas in the Kanada family of ragas.

...of the Punjab, who had met [[Guru Har Rai]], Nanak VII, during his travels in the [[Malva]] area and received his blessing. From amongst his seven sons T ...ghar mera asai. They had helped [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] with men and money in his early exploits.

but began sometime in the year 2010. ...maryada.the sgpc have put the tahktsalis in-charge of the sri darbur sahib this is wrong. the Akal takht is being puppet-ed by the sgpc and have made such

...hsil or sub-division which falls across the Sutlej and geographically lies in the Doaba region. ...lenged, though unsuccessfully, the might of Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC. They might have later migrated to the south of the Sutlej, giving the

...riginal and classic sense of veneration by any group of worshipers, though this meaning is usually applied to groups known from antiquity, including histor ...ese reasons, most, if not all, non-fan groups that are called cults reject this label.

{{p|File:Baba Wali Kandahar-m.jpg|Shrine of [[Baba Wali]] in [[Kandahar]]<br>[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/19476014 <small>''photo by ...tres from Rawalpindi to the west side of the mountains. A very hilly area, in some places natural fountains or springs flow from the ground.

...etween two rivers JAL (water) & ANDHAR (inside). During British occupation in 1846, after the first Anglo Sikh Wars it was called Jullundur. In ancient time, the district or Kingdom of Jalandhar comprised the whole of t

...lly better off and has gradually assumed a local profile. They participate in gurpurabs [birth and death anniversaries of Sikh gurus], baisakhi [the harv ...m a superior status relative to their Assamese Sikh forefathers. Recently, this point was repeatedly articulated by residents of Chaparmukh village. It cre

...t of blue-coloured, mainly in the case of [[Nihang]]s, cloth is triangular in shape, normally each of the two equal sides being double of the shorter one ...chakra]]. Sometimes the flag may include the inscription Ik Onkar, a term in the [[Mool Mantar]] signifying the Supreme Reality.

...[[Ratan Singh Bhangu]], the author of [[Prachin Panth Prakash]], to Jaipur in Rajasthan, where he took up employment under the local ruler. ...mult, but the two rode away on their horses and vanished into the forest." This happened on 11 August 1740.

...mmediate reformation of a similar force impossible, yet the Sikh warriors in small groups continued to challenge the State's might. ...each, with specified area of operation and provision for mutual assistance in time of need. Moreover, it was customary for most jathas to congregate at

...l done by her in a past life, was used as the excuse of her husband dying. This excuse was used by the rest of the family. ...The family Purohit had explained why his mother, his sister and all women in India did not also receive 'sacred strings'.

.... He advises many national level Sikh organizations and was awarded an OBE in 2016 for charity work and community cohesion. ...the Dhaliwal clan at Village Bassian in Ludhinana district of Punjab, was in the Indian army at the time and became well known Sikh gyani, an exegesist

Sufis are active in a diverse range of brotherhoods and sisterhoods, with a wide diversity of t ...of Islam and those of other religions, including popular pilgrimage sites in the portions of Somalia that they have overtaken. Like the {{w|Taliban}} wh

| <small>'''Other Info:'''</small> || 3 verses in Guru Granth Sahib. <br>Accepted Gurmat thought from [[Muslim]] thought ...en born in [[India]]. His [[Bani]] consisting of 3 [[shabad]]s is included in the [[Guru Granth Sahib]]. The place and year of his birth are unknown but

...Chuggh clan, originally from a village near Shorkot in Jhang district, now in [[Pakistan]]. Little is known about the early life of Kaura Mall. ...he entire western Punjab, from the banks of [[Ravi]] up to [[Hasan Abdal]] in the northwest, at his mercy. Panah Bhatti was defeated, captured and execut

...om Kartarpur, the habitation he had founded on the bank of the River Ravi. In the words of the Miharban Janam Sakhi, "As the Guru entered Achal, the name Nanak whose sabdas (hymns) the world recited was at the festival. Whoever was in Achal rushed to see him, no one stayed away; sannyasis; householders and ev

...It is located 18 kilometres from Khatema and 12 kilometres from Sitarganj in the district of Udham Singh Nagar, [[Uttarakhand]]. ...[[Guru Nanak|Guru Nanak Devji]] who went there during his [[Third Udasi]] in 1514 A.D. At that time, Gurdwara Sri Nanak Mata Sahib was the abode of the

...i and Dhadi sub-groups are entirely Sikh. Their preferred self-designation in Pakistan is now Qureshi. ==In North India==

...aims to be a contemporary account written by one [[Bhai Bala|Bala Sandhu]] in the Sampat year 1592 at the instance of the second Guru, [[Guru Angad]]. ...ru and contains a higher proportion of historical fact, this was completed in 1844.

...failing health and his political career had come to a virtual end. He died in Rajindra Hospital, PATIALA, on 10 June 1974. ...Punjab. Ainritsar, 1981 6. Brass, Paul R., Language, Religion and Politics in Northern India. Delhi, 1975

...s blessed with a son he named Raj Kaul who was raised by his grand parents in Kashmir. ===Gangu's role in arrest of Mata Gujri and her grandsons===

...tion of India in 1947 the Federation shifted from Lahore and made its home in Amritsar. ...y who later took a doctorate at London. The association started publishing in 1905 a quarterly journal named Khalsa Youngmen's Magazine It also sponsored

...had possibly received the rites of the [[Khalsa]] and become a "Singh." This led Bava Sumer Singh to name him Saina Singh. ...the evacuation of Anandpur in 1705, Chandra Sain went to stay at Wazirabad in presentday Gujranwala district of Pakistan. There at the instance of his fr

|Birth = Late 14th Century at Allahabad, Uttar Pardesh |Died = Late 15th Century at Benaras, Uttar Pardesh

...890s that wreaked havoc on the village and resulted in large scale deaths. This led some of the villagers to move to away from the original town center to ...he Central Board of Secondary Education. Here is the list of major schools in the village:

...al of the Guru's youngest children as his best chance to regain some favor in the eyes of Aurangzeb. After all he may have thought, how tough could it be ...by Wazir Khan. They were first bricked alive into a section of a wall, but this is said to have fallen, sparing their lives.

...t to the Meerut division of Public Works, he died suddenly at [[Ambala]] in 1851. ...hy and economy of the [[Punjab]] and for its analysis of the social milieu in which [[Sikhism]] was born. Elaborate footnotes and appendices show the min

Any or most typing mistakes on this page are the results of programming language keying not miss typing. Please ...ers who had armed the Eternal Throne with weapons undreamed of in the days in which its builder, the first Sikh Guru to ever call for any arming of the S

...s shores. Rawalsar (also spelled Rewalsar) is a town in the Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh about about 15-25Km west of Mandi. ...wara is built of stone and one can it by climbing 108 stairs. People visit this Shrine with great Devotion. It is a sacred place for Buddhists too. Many pe

...kh thoughts. For them, Sikhism is a part of 'Sanatana Dharma' or Hinduism. In many of present Sikh circles, these Sikhs are called Sanatani Sikhs. Some o ...tani Sikh views became more acceptable during Maharaja Ranjit Singh's rule in Punjab for various reasons.

...e that they are descended from the Saka tribes who were originally settled in [[Taxila]]. They are known to be of the same stock as the Jatt ethnic tribe ...the Lame of Central Asia, therefore it is possible that the Tarkhans found in Punjab and the Northwestern Province are possibly the descendants of those

In 'Vaaran Bhai Gurdas Steek', [[Bhai Vir Singh]] Ji states: ...me of its creation - the 12th century Hijri (Muslim Calender) had passed”. This makes it Samvat 1844 (1787).''

...this shop. For a long time I had harbored the wish that I should set aside this shop of falsehood or I should bring him into the fold of Islam." ...ns and other possessions be made over to Murtaza Khan and he be dealt with in accordance with the political and common law of the land."

...[[Gurmat]] [[Sangeet]] who practised the traditional style of [[Kirtan]] in keeping with the historic melodies of [[Guru]]'s [[Ragi]]s. It was with gre ...d Indian classical music tradition. Used in practising the [[raga]]s found in [[Gurbani]] and the [[tala]]s of classical times.

...mentioned in the {{g11}} and is where the whole temple was rotated by God in reverence of [[Bhagat Namdev]]'s dedication to the Lord. ...en they were expelled for 14 years from Hastinapur.It has been stated that this temple building was of seven-storyed before it was sacked by [[Aurangzeb]]

...ded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th century Persia. Bahá'ís number around 6 million in more than 200 countries around the world. ...individuals. He claimed to be the expected redeemer and teacher prophesied in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions, and

'''[[Sikhism]]''' was founded in the early fifteenth century by their founder and [[spiritual teacher]] called [[Guru Nanak]]. He was fi [[Guru]] means "[[spiritual leader]]" and he guided his people in the way of [[God's will]] or [[Hukam]] believing there was only [[one unive

....D. he was educated via the colonial curriculum and graduated from Lahore, in a perplexing similarity to the his contemporary Khalsa brothers he acquired ...red by his spiritual siblings, and on the untimely demise of his commander-in-chief Baba Teja Singh, was nominated as a candidate for the commander-ship

'''Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple''' is a gurdwara in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong, on the junction of Queen's Road East an ...r of Sikh community activities. The need for a proper Gurdwara was evident in the early days of Hong Kong and the government allocated land at Happy Vall

...e near modern Pathankot by Rajputs who had migrated from Delhi and Mathura in around 11 C.E. ...eage by reputed bards and this lineage was in control of Delhi and Mathura in the time frame given for the migration). So the connection of Pathanias wit

...Khanda''' on Stamp designed by ''Stacey Zabolotney'' Issued By Canada Post in November 2000.]] ...ਾ}}, ''{{IAST|khaṇḝĝ}}'') is one of most important symbols of [[Sikhism]]. This is emphasized by the fact that many Sikh flags, including the [[Nishan Sahi

[[Image:Hargobind Singh.jpg‎|thumb|right| A mid-nineteenth century miniature of Guru Har Gobind]] ...lived alone in a tiny, little mud hut on the outskirt of a small village. This Gursikh was blind and had a lot of [[Pyaar]] (love) for Guru Ji. He had hea

..., in early [[Sikhism]], local community leaders who looked after the ^an^a^in their diocese and linked them to their spiritual mentor, the [[Guru]]. They ...s behalf, tithes and offerings from followers, came to be known as masands in imitation of masnadi `all, an imperial title for ranked nobles. [[Guru Ram

...l life spanning 66 years and passed away in 1942. His Gurudwara is located in Amritsar, near the burj of Akali Phula Singh. ....D. he was educated via the colonial curriculum and graduated from Lahore, in a perplexing similarity to the his contemporary Khalsa brothers he acquired

...ift the reader with timeless gems on practical perfection. However, within this context we shall study two alone: ...mpassion and went over to assist them. He spoke, ‘Dear fellows please come in and take shelter’.

...eckered account of Sadhāraṇ and his family. Guru Nanak Dev would only dine in his household, and that Sadharan would spin and weave the fabric worn by th ...ai Sādhāraṇ had everyone sing ''So-dar'' in the evening and ''Asa-di-vār'' in the morning before informing them of the second guru's meditation place. Bh