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The Namdharis or Namdhari Sikhs (Gurmukhi: ਨਾਮਧਾਰੀ; Devanagari: नामधारी; nāmadhārī, meaning "bearers of the name"), also known as Kuka [2] (Gurmukhi: ਕੂਕਾ; kūkā; ਕੂਕੇ; kūkē: from Punjabi kuk, “scream” or “cry”), [3] are a Sikh sect that differs from mainstream Sikhs chiefly in that they believe that the lineage of Sikh Gurus did not ...
Namdhari Sikhs were also referred to as Kukas, a name given by the public due to spiritually ecstatic behavior of the members of the sect at religious functions. [7] Sardar Kapur Singh remarked, 'Undoubtedly, Baba Ram Singh preached the same path and principles which had been told to Indians by Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh and the ten Gurus ...
The Akhand Kirtani sect, officially known as the Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ), is a sect founded by Randhir Singh and originated in the late 19th century as an anti-colonial movement. [160] The leadership of the sect primarily draws from the Khatri caste even though the founder, Randhir Singh, was a Jat . [ 161 ]
Satguru Hari Singh is known in Namdhari Sikhi as the "one who united the 'separated ones'". [1] The colonial persecution of the Namdhari Sikhs was intense. As a result, the sect suffered a major blow. However, with the efforts of Satguru Hari Singh, the Namdhari movement kept its programme of anti-colonialism. [7]
Satguru Jagjit Singh steered the Namdhari community through many phases of the late twentieth century. Joginder Singh mentions that since the inception, Namdhari sect had been a supporter of Punjabi language in Gurmukhi script and Punjabiat (cultural plurality). [45] At the same time, Namdhari sect has been an ardent advocate of a unified India.
The Namdhari sect was founded as one of the Sikh revivalist movements during the late rule of Ranjit Singh by Balak Singh, then carried forth by Ram Singh after he left Nau Nihal Singh's regiment of the Sikh Khalsa Army at the end of the First Anglo-Sikh war in 1845. [32]
The Namdhari sect believes that Guru Gobind Singh did not die in 1708 but rather continued to live-on under the alias and pseudonym of 'Ajapal Singh' and passed on the guruship to Balak Singh at the age of 146 in the year 1812. [155] [156]
The Neeldharis rejected the code of conduct of the Namdharis, as the Namdharis at the time requested that Harnam Singh get rid of his shudra cook in-order to be re-accepted back into the Namdhari fold. [1]: 264 In 1955, the concept of wah wah was introduced to the Neeldhari sect and in 1966, the neela-bana concept was introduced.