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The Sikhs were brought to Delhi in a procession with the 780 Sikh prisoners, 2,000 Sikh heads hung on spears, and 700 cartloads of heads of slaughtered Sikhs used to terrorise the population. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] They were put in the Delhi fort and pressured to give up their faith and become Muslims. [ 76 ]
Sikhism is a monotheistic and panentheistic religion. Sikhs believe that there exists only one God and that God is simultaneously within everything and is all-encompassing. The oneness of God is reflected by the phrase Ik Onkar. [19] [20] In Sikhism, the word for God is Waheguru (lit. ' wondrous teacher ').
The term Sikh has its origin in the Sanskrit word śiṣya, meaning 'seeker', [88] ' disciple ' or ' student '. [89] [90] [91] According to Article I of Chapter 1 of the Sikh Rehat Maryada (' code of conduct '), the definition of Sikh is: [92] Any human being who faithfully believes in One Immortal Being; Ten Gurus, from Guru Nanak Sahib to ...
Scholars state that in its origins, Nanak and Sikhism were influenced by the nirguni ('formless God') tradition of the Bhakti movement in medieval India. [vi] However, some historians do not see evidence of Sikhism as simply an extension of the Bhakti movement. [84] [85] Sikhism, for instance, disagreed with some views of Bhakti saints Kabir ...
The Golden Temple was the centre of historic events in Sikh history: [43] [9] In 1709, the governor of Lahore sent in his army to suppress and prevent the Sikhs from gathering for their festivals of Vaisakhi and Diwali. But the Sikhs defied by gathering in the Golden Temple. In 1716, Banda Singh and numerous Sikhs were arrested and executed.
Sikh Domination of the Mughal Empire. (2000, 2nd ed. ISBN 81-215-0213-6) The Sikh Commonwealth or Rise and Fall of Sikh Misls. (2001, revised ed. ISBN 81-215-0165-2) Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Lord of the Five Rivers, By Jean-Marie Lafont. (Oxford University Press. 2002, ISBN 0-19-566111-7) History of Panjab, By L. M. Joshi and Fauja Singh [ISBN ...
As opportunities to revise the social studies curriculum have come up state by state, advocates from nonprofit organizations have worked with local communities to include the history of Sikhism ...
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