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Out of all parts of the body, the head is the highest, and adorning Kesh [unshorn hair] on top of one's head the body becomes beautiful. [1] The Mahan Kosh also states, kesh is "the hair on the head". Avatar Singh Vahiria's Khalsa Dharam Shastar (1914), agrees with this stating, "Kesh means the hair on the head and also the beard and mustache." [2]
The most distinctive and widely recognizable of the Five Ks is Kesh, which requires Sikh men and women to keep their hair uncut and covered by a turban. [17] The turban symbolized spiritual strength, military readiness and allowed Sikhs to be unified and differentiated from others.
They vote with men to elect Sikhs' central religious body, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, which administers their places of worship (Gurdwara). Photograph of Sikh women at Harmindar Sahib (Golden Temple complex), 1906. Sikhs are obligated to treat women as equals, and gender discrimination in Sikh society has no religious basis.
Among the Sikhs, the dastār is an article of faith that represents equality, honour, self-respect, courage, spirituality, and piety. The Khalsa Sikh men and women, who keep the Five Ks, wear the turban to cover their long, uncut hair . The Sikhs regard the dastār as an important part of the unique
It can’t grow long and lush like princess hair, because it starts to break around the time it hits my shoulders. ... (it’s that thin-hair-plus-oily-skin nightmare that makes me have to wash ...
It is to be used twice daily to comb and keep the hair in a disentangled and tidy condition. It represents the importance of discipline and cleanliness to a Sikh way of life and is used to keep the hair healthy, clean, shining and tangle-free. The kangha is tucked under the rishi knot to keep the rishi knot firm and in place.
The Khalsa Panth among Sikhs are guided by the five Ks. They keep their head hair long and men wear dastar (turban). They carry a wooden comb, wear an iron bracelet, wear a cotton underwear, and carry a kirpan (steel sword). [41] Non-baptized Sikh women are free to dress as they wish in Sikhism. [42]
Among the Sikhs, the dastār is an article of faith that represents equality, honour, self-respect, courage, spirituality, and piety. The Khalsa Sikh men and women, who keep the Five Ks, wear the turban to cover their long, uncut hair . The Sikhs regard the dastār as an important part of the unique