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Its scope covers Sikh and Punjabi culture. [3] The library funded by The Nanakshahi Trust was launched online in August 2009. Its base office is located at Chandigarh , India.
Sekhon was born in Lyallpur, Punjab, British India (present-day Pakistan), and grew up in his father's village in Dakha, near Ludhiana.His father was an idealist but introverted while his mother was more practical and religious, practicing Sikh Singh Sabha.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... with full modern currency. ... Gurmukhi Lipi da Itihas (PDF) (in Punjabi). Patiala, Punjab, India: Kalgidhar ...
Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab, India , owing to their large land holdings. [ 2 ]
A takht, or takhat (Punjabi: ਤਖ਼ਤ), literally means a throne or seat of authority [1] and is a spiritual and temporal centre of Sikhism. [2] There are five takhts (Punjabi: ਪੰਜ ਤਖਤ, romanized: Pañj takhat, lit. 'five thrones'), which are five gurudwaras that have a very special significance for the Sikh community. Three are ...
The first half of the 19th-century saw Sikh power expanded with the Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh.This strength was deeply admired and cherished by Sikhs. The Nirankari sect was founded in 1851 by Baba Dyal, a Sahajdhari, who aimed at refocusing Sikhs on the Adi Granth – the Sikh scripture, and reform the beliefs and customs of the Sikhs. [3]
Ganda Singh (15 November 1900 – 27 November 1987) [1] was an Indian Punjabi and Sikh historian and Padma Bhushan awardee. [2] In addition to scores of research papers, booklets and pamphlets, he published over two dozen full-length volumes of historical value.
Ravidassia or the Ravidas Panth [1] is a religion based on the teachings of Guru Ravidas.It was considered a sect within Sikhism until 2009. [2] [3] [4] [1] However, some Ravidassias continue to maintain Sikh religious practices, including the reverence of the Guru Granth Sahib as their focal religious text, wearing Sikh articles of faith (5Ks), and appending Singh or Kaur to their names.