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The kacchera is secured and tied with a "nara" (drawstring). This serves as another reminder that when one is untying the drawstring one is given time to think about what one is about to do. The kachera is the Guru's gift and it reminds the Sikhs of the Guru's message regarding the control of the Five Evils, especially lust.
A kara, or kada (Punjabi: ਕੜਾ (), کڑا कड़ा ()), is a steel or cast iron bangle worn by Sikhs and sometimes Indian people of other religions. [1] [2] Sikhism preaches the importance of equality and having reverence for God at all times, which is represented through the five Ks—ceremonial items worn or used by Sikhs who have been initiated into the Khalsa, of which kara is one.
The Sikhs regard the dastār as an important part of the unique Sikh identity. After the ninth Sikh Guru, Tegh Bahadur , was sentenced to death by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb , Guru Gobind Singh , the tenth Sikh Guru created the Khalsa and gave five articles of faith, one of which is unshorn hair, which the dastār covers.
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Hindu woman in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh wearing a bindi. A bindi (from Sanskrit bindú meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") [1] [2] is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the centre of the forehead, originally by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists from the Indian subcontinent.
The Nirmala Sikhs often wear ochre-colored robes (or at least one item), observe celibacy, [51] and keep kesh (unshorn hair). [78] They observe the same birth and death rituals as the Hindu ascetics and have an akhara (martial organization) in Haridwar, [ 78 ] and a number of deras in Punjab (India). [ 79 ]
Kanga, Kara and Kirpan - three of the five articles of faith endowed to the Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh. Five Ks or panj kakaar/kakke, are five items of faith that baptised Khalsa Sikhs wear at all times at the command of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh who so ordered at the Baisakhi Amrit Sanchar in 1699.
They believe in the concept of living gurus (known as dehdhari) succeeding the mainstream Sikh gurus. [3] They do not follow the mainstream Sikh maryada. [4] The Neeldharis are named after their dress-code worn by both men and women, which mandates that they wear blue-and-white-coloured garbs known as neela-bana, consisting of a white kurta-pyjama, a blue scarf called a chakuta (substitute for ...