Guru Amar Das — taught about the importance of action to support sexual equality. Guru Ram Das — taught Sikhs the importance of celebrating together and created a town that later became Amritsar. Guru Arjan — taught Sikhs about caring for the less fortunate through setting up a shelter for lepers. Guru Hargobind — taught Sikhs by taking up two swords, one of which symbolised spiritual power and the other symbolised material power.
Guru Har Rai — taught Sikhs the importance of caring for the natural world. As birthdays in India were then celebrated according to the Hindu calender, his birthday falls in the month of Kartik and on the full moon night. According to the Gregorian calender, it is the full moon night in the month of November.
Guru Nanak Jayanti is celebrated in the same way as all the Gurpurabs with hymns dedicated specially to Guru Nanak. On the day of the festival, the festivities begin early in the morning with hymns and reading of scriptures after which lunch is served at Langars. The teachings of Sikhism are beautiful and for all and here are the 11 Gurus 10 human Gurus and the 11th the present Guru who gave us the beautiful teachings of Sikhism. The first of the Gurus and said to be founder of the religion, Guru Nanak was born on 15 April and his date of death is 22 September He gave the new idea of God and rejected the vedas and Hindu scriptures.
He established equality for women and also started the Langar practise. He passed away in 29 March These two swords symbolize the twin concepts of meeri and peeri — temporal and spiritual authority introduced by Guru Hargobind. They emphasize the equal emphasis that a Sikh must place on spiritual aspirations as well as obligations to society.
No, there is no particular color for Sikhs or Sikhism. These represent traditional colors for Sikhs. The reason for doing so is strongly rooted in the culture of South Asia.
Guru Gobind Singh wanted to remove these barriers between people, and create an egalitarian society. The word Singh means Lion and the word Kaur denotes royalty — a sovereign princess. As in every religion, there are people at different levels of observance and commitment to their faith. Some Sikhs choose to their family or caste name for personal reasons or to distinguish themselves for official written records.
Often, but not always, these individuals have maintained Singh and Kaur as middle names. Sikh Gurus strongly forbade all rituals and superstitions. Sikhs are thus not allowed to eat any food prepared through a ritualistic process e. There is no mandate allowing or disallowing Sikhs to eat meat — it is a personal choice. Some Sikhs, through their interpretation of Sikh teachings, may choose to be vegetarians. Sikhs are also not supposed to drink alcohol or consume any other intoxicants.
They are pledging their commitment to the Sikh faith and agreeing to live their life as a Sikh. This means that they must wear the five articles of faith and use Singh or Kaur as their last name. There is no prescribed age at which a Sikh should be initiated; they can choose to do so whenever they are ready.
According to the Rehat Maryada, only those who understand the significance of the ceremony and carry its discipline with sincerity should be initiated. It is important to note that once a Sikh is initiated, they are committed to this lifestyle and as outlined in Rehat Maryada. The founders of the Sikh faith started the practice of maintaining hair unshorn. Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, gave the Sikhs 5 articles of faith including unshorn hair and the dastaar turban , which, as a whole, comprise the daily uniform of a Sikh.
In other words, keeping hair kesh and wearing a dastaar turban form an external identity for a Sikh. But, as in every religion, there are people at different levels of observance and commitment to their faith.
Everyone is on their own personal journey. Some Sikhs may cut their hair, but that does not exclude them from the Sikh community. Initiated Sikhs are not supposed to cut hair from any part of their body. All Sikhs, men and women are thus supposed to have unshorn hair and remain unshaved. Sikhs can wear any color or style of turban, and there are no significant colors. Some Sikhs wear very few colors and others have a broad color palette.
If you see someone wearing a turban and you are not sure if they are Sikh or not, ask them! The Sikh turban is a mandatory article of faith. People of many other cultures and religions wear turbans, but none are required to do so by their religion. Sikhs tie their turbans anew each day. Just like observant Sikh men, observant Sikh women are not supposed to cut their hair. In the Rehat Maryada, it is explicitly written that Sikh men wear a turban.
There is nothing explicitly written about women, except that the turban is optional. There are many reasons for this change: globalization, cultural trends, and a lack of clarity in the Rehat Maryada.
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