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English: Photograph of Sikh women at Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple complex), 1906. Photographed by Herbert G. Ponting. New York State Archives. Source: G T 1588.
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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).
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Sikh artwork exists in many forms, such as miniature, oil, and watercolour paintings, murals, and wood carvings. The first Sikh artists were influenced by the Pahari and Mughal schools, however the ushering in of European influences during the colonial-age would transform Sikh art by adoping Western methods and tastes for artwork.
Forty years on, victims of the violence after prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination still seek justice.
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It begins with the line "From a woman, a man is born" to emphasise that all men and women come from a woman. This theme then continues with the Guru highlighting, in a logical sequence, the various stages of life where the importance of woman is noted – "within woman, man is conceived," and then, " he is engaged and married" to a woman who ...