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The Sikh Gurus and various Sikh saints did much to progress women's rights which were considerably downtrodden in the 15th century. To ensure a new equal status for women, [5] the Gurus [6] made no distinction between the sexes in matters of initiation, instruction or participation in sangat (holy fellowship) and pangat (eating together).
Ratan Singh Bhangu (ca.1785 – 10 February 1846 [1]: 17 ) was a Sikh historian and Nihang who wrote about the Sikhs' struggles and rise to power in North India, in his book Prachin Panth Prakash. [2] [3] This work describes how the Sikh people came to dominate Punjab in the 1700s and remains one of the few historical accounts of the era. [4] [5]
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.
Amritsar — the holy city of Sikhism, home to 1.5 million in the northwestern part of India. Harmandir Sahib (or Golden Temple) — the holy shrine of Sikhs; the spiritual and cultural center of the Sikh religion, found in Amritsar. Anandpur Sahib — the birthplace of the Khalsa. Virasat-e-Khalsa — a Sikh museum in Anandpur; Goindval Sahib
In contrast to Europe, polygamy prevailed in ancient India for rulers and kings. [2] It was common for rulers (for example Bhupinder Singh of Patiala and Fateh Singh of Udaipur and Mewar ). Some wealthy individuals (for example Ramkrishna Dalmia , Gajanan Birla [ 3 ] and P. Rajagopal ) had multiple wives.
In Tibet, monogamy, polygamy, and polyandry have traditionally been practiced. Some Tibetan refugees now settled in India practice polyandry as a result of their material conditions. [ 33 ] Fraternal polyandry is a way for Tibetans to avoid having to build multiple houses every time a male in the family marries.
A Khalsa Sikh is also expected to materialize their life as "benevolent exertion" that secures the most good with the most minimal intervention, realized through "collective action". [55] Thus, a Sikh not only has individualistic duties, but also duties relating to the collective of the Khalsa, as the Sikh is one unit of the Guru Panth. [55]
According to Wendy Doniger, the phrase is a compound of ik ("one" in Punjabi) and onkar, canonically understood in Sikhism to refer to the "absolute monotheistic unity of God". [9] Etymologically, the word onkar denotes the sacred sound "om" or the absolute in a number of Indian religions. [9] Nevertheless, Sikhs give it an entirely different ...