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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.
Painting of a Namdhari Sikh or Kuka Sikh, by Kapur Singh, Amritsar, ca.1860–65. Namdharis, also known as Namdhari Sikhs or Kuka Sikhs, believe that the line of Sikh Gurus did not end with Satguru Gobind Singh, as they claim that he did not die in Nanded but, instead lived-on as a recluse under the pseudonym of "Ajapal Singh". [115]
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 Guru Ram Singh was a member of a unit of Prince Naunihal Singh's platoon, the Baghel Regiment. His regiment was sent to Peshawar to bring the royal coffers. On its way back, the unit rested at Hazro Fort, now in Pakistan. It is said that Namdhari Guru Ram Singh and some soldiers of his regiment went to meet Guru Balak Singh of the ...
Unification Church (统一教; tǒngyī jiào), known as "The Moonies" in the US, founded by Korean-American Sun Myung Moon in Busan in 1954, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1997. [10] Sanban Puren Pai (三班仆人派; sān bān púrén pài), a Christian sect founded by Xu Wenku in the 1990s, defined by the ministry as a cult in 1999.
The Neeldharis rejected the code of conduct of the Namdharis, as the Namdharis at the time requested that Harnam Singh get rid of his shudra cook in-order to be re-accepted back into the Namdhari fold. [1]: 264 In 1955, the concept of wah wah was introduced to the Neeldhari sect and in 1966, the neela-bana concept was introduced.
The Sant Nirankari Mission splintered from the Nirankari sect in the 20th century. Nirankari, a movement within Sikhism, started in the mid-19th century.Their belief in a living guru as opposed to the scriptural guru, Guru Granth Sahib, developing over the decades especially in one branch, [2] resulted in their difference with traditional Sikhs, though they were tolerated. [3]