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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 ...
The Nirankari sect, though unorthodox, was influential in shaping the views of Khalsa and the contemporary era Sikh beliefs and practices. [9] [10] Another significant Sikh break off sect of the 19th century was the Radha Soami movement in Agra led by Shiv Dayal Singh, who relocated it to Punjab. [11]
Guru Ram Singh taught that the Namdhari sect was the "clean" one due to its devotion to God, and those who killed animals and consumed liqour were mleccha ("unclean"). [ 16 ] In 1863, the colonial authorities perceived the visit of Guru Ram Singh in Amritsar as an attempt to declare himself as the reincarnation of Guru Gobind Singh, but a ...
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.
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]
Namdhari Guru Balak Singh (disputed [note 1] – 1862 [1]), was an Indian Sikh religious leader who taught the principles of Sikhi in Attock area and whose successor, Satguru Ram Singh, founded the Namdhari (Kuka) sect.
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 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.