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Sikhism in Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশী শিখ) has an extensive heritage and history, although Sikhs had always been a minority community in Bengal. Their founder, Guru Nanak visited a number of places in Bengal in the early sixteenth century where he introduced Sikhism to locals and founded numerous establishments.
At 93.33% Sikh, Tarn Taran is the world's most Sikh district or county. [37] Located in the heart of the Majha region of Punjab founded by Guru Arjan Dev - the 5th Sikh guru, [38] Tarn Taran also hosts the world's largest sarovar (sacred pool) [39] even surpassing the great Darbar Sahib - Golden Temple in the neighbouring Amritsar district.
The following outline is provides an overview of Sikhism, or Sikhi (its endonym).. Sikhism has been described as being either a panentheistic or monotheistic religion—emphasizing universal selflessness and brotherhood—founded in the 15th century upon the teachings of Guru Nanak and the ten succeeding Gurus.
[1] [2] Sikh samadhs were located in a plot of ground at the rear of the main shrine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Besides the main gurdwara complex, there were adjacent buildings, such as a langar-khana (communal kitchen) and musafir-khana (rest-house for guests and pilgrims), with both having been constructed around the same time as the gurdwara in 1830 as ...
The Sikhs are adherents to Sikhism, the fifth largest organized religion in the world, with around 25 million adherents. [1] Sikh History is around 500 years and in that time the Sikhs have developed unique expressions of art and culture which are influenced by their faith and synthesize traditions from many other cultures depending on the locality of the adherents of the religion.
The Sikhs were brought to Delhi in a procession with the 780 Sikh prisoners, 2,000 Sikh heads hung on spears, and 700 cartloads of heads of slaughtered Sikhs used to terrorise the population. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] They were put in the Delhi fort and pressured to give up their faith and become Muslims. [ 76 ]
Bangladesh When war broke out in what was then known as East Pakistan in 1970, Kissinger and Nixon backed the military government of West Pakistan in its genocide in what would become Bangladesh.
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