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The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. He was succeeded by nine other human gurus until, in 1708, the Guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, which is now considered the living Guru by the followers of the Sikh faith. [3]
Guru Angad was the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism. After meeting Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, becoming a Sikh, and serving and working with Nanak for many years, Nanak gave Lehna the name Angad ("my own limb") and chose Angad as the second Sikh Guru; Guru Amar Das sometimes spelled as Guru Amardas, was the third of the Ten Gurus ...
Akaal Channel is a UK based, free-to-air satellite television channel which is dedicatedly focused on Sikhism and the Sikh community. Founded by Amrik Singh Kooner, the channel also broadcasts across 44 countries, including Europe, on satellite television. [1] [2] [3] Formerly known as Sikh TV, [4] the channel has a center in Amritsar as well ...
Before his death, Guru Gobind Singh decreed in 1708, that the Gurū Granth Sāhib would be the final and perpetual guru of the Sikhs. [94] Guru Nanak stated that his guru is God who is the same from the beginning of time to the end of time. [95] Nanak said to be a God's slave and servant, but maintained that he was only a guide and teacher.
Namdhari Sikhs believe he was the successor of Guru Gobind Singh, a stance that differs them from mainstream Sikhism. [12] According to Namdharis, Guru Gobind Singh did not die from the wounds inflicted by the assassination attempt on his life in 1708, but instead live-on as a recluse under the pseudonym of "Ajapal Singh", passing on the ...
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Singh disagrees with the view that the name "Kaur" came about during British rule in India. [20] She traces the name to Guru Gobind Singh, the last of the ten Gurus. [20] In Janamsakhi: Paintings of Guru Nanak in Early Sikh Art (2023), Singh looks at the B40 Janamsakhi, part of the small surviving collection of early Janamsakhis. [21]
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 ...