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Hinduism and Sikhism are Indian religions. Hinduism has pre-historic origins, while Sikhism was founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak. Both religions...

esteem and considered as being close to the Guru. The Khalsa Panth's formalization in 1699 essentially opened this restricted class of Sikhs as a possibility...

filled by the ten Sikh Gurus, who have guided the Sikh people (Panth), and is now occupied by the Sikh holy text, Guru Granth Sahib. Sikhism accepts that...

final detail revolves around the reference to the early Sikh community as the "Nanak Panth". Although scholars such as McLeod and many others of his generation...

strictly against Sikh dogma and principles. The Akal Takht represents the final authority on controversial issues concerning the Sikh Panth (community or...

Dharamdas. Today, Kabir is an important figure in Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam, especially in Sufism. Born in the city of Varanasi in what is now Uttar Pradesh...

the Sikh Panth (called gurmukh, sachcha , nirol or nirmal panth) as distinct from both Hindus and Muslims. The salient features of the Sikh Panth are:...

inconclusively, that the increased militarisation of the Sikh panth following the martyrdom of Guru Arjan (beginning during the era of Guru Hargobind and continuing...

affiliated at the margins as Nanakpanthis (‘followers of Nanak’s path’) or Sehajdhari (‘slow adopter’) Sikhs" but in the main, "the Sikh Panth has remained...

parampara, and is often led by scholars or senior practitioners of the tradition. Some of the major panths in India are: Khalsa Panth (Sikh) Sahaj Panth (Buddhist...

subcontinent is the birthplace of four of the world's major religions, namely, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, which are collectively known as native...

society played a significant role in the evolution of the Sikh Panth. McLeod, Hew (1987). "Sikhs and Muslims in the Punjab". South Asia: Journal of South...

the formation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and the Shiromani Akali Dal: exploring the concept of Guru-Panth". Sikh Formations. 17 (1–2):...

Singh, Kulwant (2006). Sri Gur Panth Prakash: Episodes 1 to 81. Institute of Sikh Studies. p. 415. ISBN 978-8185815282. "Sikh Period – National Fund for Cultural...

Nirmala Saṁpardā or Nirmal Paṅth, is a Sikh sect of ascetics. According to the traditional beliefs, the Sanatan Nirmala Sikh tradition was founded by Guru...

This is the list of the major festivals of the Sikh religion. There are some other (around 45) festivals that are celebrated at a much smaller scale with...

differences, the Shiromani Akali Dal Party of the 1930s rallied around the proposition of a Sikh panth (community) that was separate from Hindus and Muslims...

The First Sikh State was a breakaway and short lived sovereign Sikh state during the 18th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent that...

symbol of the Khalsa Panth (corps of initiated Sikhs), the Nishan Sahib can be seen from far away, signifying the presence of Khalsa in the neighbourhood...

no difference between the True Guru and the sangat (panth). Before his founding of the Khalsa, the Sikh movement had used the Sanskrit word Sisya (literally...