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The Namdhari hockey team's members actively participate in the national hockey championships for Sub Junior, Junior, and Senior. Namdhari XI is a well-known name in the Indian hockey community. Namdhari XI's name became synonymous with high-quality hockey teams in India as a result of the notable accomplishments of the first team from 1980 to 2000.
Panj Samparda (Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜ ਸੰਪਰਦਾਵਾਂ; pañj sampradāvā̃; meaning "five sects") is the collective name for the following five early sampradayas in Sikhism. These include: Nihang Samparda, Udasi Samparda, Nirmala Samparda, Sevapanthi Samparda, and Giani Samparda (Damdami Taksal)
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.
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.' [13]
Painting of twelve gurus of the Namdhari sect of Sikhism, including the ten mainstream Sikh gurus, plus Balak Singh and Ram Singh, circa late-19th century In the year circa 1841, Namdhari Guru Ram Singh , while serving in the Naunihal Regiment of Sikh army and on tour of Lahore to collect royal coffers, met Guru Balak Singh in Hazron.
The Namdhari community, under the guidance of Satguru Uday Singh Ji, celebrated several significant centenary events between 2013 and 2022. [11] These included the 150th anniversary of Amrit-Daat to women (1863-2013), the 150th anniversary of Anand Karaj (1863-2013), and the 200th birth anniversary of Satguru Ram Singh Ji (1816-2016).
Sukhdev Singh Namdhari is the ex-chairman of Uttarakhand Minority Commission (March 2010 – November 2012), an alleged mining baron, and a politically influential figure. [1] He stepped into politics as a small-time BJP leader, and in due time, became a well-connected political figure.