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modern 19th/20th century Anand Karaj ceremony was created for amrit dharis originally.

that look would just not work for a real Singh on the battlefield. It would not intimidate the enemy at all....

I would restore the princely states, but make them connected under a central government. A bit like federal USA but with Rajas instead of Senators. Would also promote some kind of united Punjab.

you should only do pentras that suit Singhs and bana. i.e. proper Shastar vidiya pentras endorsed by Guru Hargobind, Guru Gobind Singh, Baba Buddha jee etc. some of the gatka stuff (like the spinning and around and spin jumping, and especially slapping your thighs in front of shastar) is not authentic with the maryada of Khalsa panth and Khalsa Fauj!

IS it any good, or is it really boring like some of the melas we have down in West London?

I think human sexuality is fluid and shouldn't necessarily be labelled for some people. This includes maharajas/kings and possibly even some prophet(s), especially when it came to Eunuchs and also heard of young boys. Many sikhs and other people used to start grihast jeevan before their 20s. Many of them married people they never saw the face of until after the wedding These ancestors were married in their teens and this helped control vikaar especially kaam. Also people were hard working so they may not have had time or may have been to calm or tired to chase after other partners! As sikhs we should strive for grihast jeevan and to bring bhujangis into the world as sewa and sewa to Khalsa panth. We shouldn't let any sexual desires control us and grihast ashram should also be done as sewa.

this bit about the article is inaccurate. Nanak Panthis are sehajdhari sikhs. Many of them also don't have Singh in their names, and at least they don't do beadbi of Singh name even if they do cut their kesh or their children's kesh.

Adi Guru Granth Sahib is a universal scripture, no religion is required to follow it.

yes but that doesn't give it any public exposure

Still there should be an app that gives the site some exposure. It can simply be an app which opens up the site in a browser, or opens it in a self contained browser.

oh is it. they wanted around £200 from me about a decade ago, prices must have gone up. why would naamdharis learn from them when they can learn from naamdhari ustads??

loll I really want to wear a chola. I also hate wearing ties and blazers. I try and wear mini hazooria often. Still learning my dumalla, my turban is still anglicised. my sangat and relatives is punjabis, but I would say if they actually followed more punjabi culture it wouldn't harm following sikhi so much as it seems. it's the drunk and uneducated culture that's the harmful stuff, the village <banned word filter activated> mentality.

Try and get your instruments through Raj academy, they get good ones and import from India I believe. I am hoping to going back to learning raag keertan from them soon!

In India they're a dal???? lol, they probably don't have the type of shastar rehit required for an actual dal hahaha

I thought her name was Maharani Jindan. Had panth normalised Kaur name for women during Maharaja Ranjit Singh's rule?

start learning proper rehitee things like shastar vidiya, archery, target shooting. also do sports. Maybe find a dal or Shaunee who might do other things like shikaar. Also go to sikhi camps. Proactive lifestyle will help

what????

wow awesome!!!

NOPE, only someone in rehit should be residing over Akaal Takht. Not someone wearing cultural turban and kurta pyjama with no kammarkassa and lack of shastar rehit.

it shouldn't be normal for SGPC "committee" to have a say in any sikh matters to be honest!

Well in Gurus' times teenagers and young adults were married, why not get married instead of having girlfriend. Guru Nanak promoted grihast dharam, grihast jeevan; you cannot have grihast jeevan with girlfriend. Girlfriends take you away from grihast jeevan and make you get married late. You will there is a lot of harm in getting married later; the adults have grown up too much that they haven't grown compatible together and will not have grown into respecting each other. The daughter in laws will not have grown up with the paretns in law from a young age and this cause massive issues. This in turn leads to talaaq/dirvoce, a concept which is incompatible with dharmik culture. When a woman becomes widwa/widow, she maybe called rundee hogei. But this trash dating culture is leading to women being left by men without even being married, and these exes become rundee as their partner is like being dead to them , ie ex-partner/ ex boyfriend. If you follow Gurus and respect them, then you follow grihast dharam. sikh looks for a life partner, by looking for a girlfriend instead you are wasting time away from your life partner. Some abrahamic religions allow concubines or sex slaves, and with girlfriends you are doing something similar!!!! sikhi does allow polygamy (remember it is still part of grihast jeevan as opposed to trashy dating culture), some brave Singhs like bhai Mani Singh had 2 wives, Maharaja Ranit Singh had more - they also married as teenagers or young adults. So the wives replaced any need for girlfriends. If one can have a wife or wives, then what is the need for girlfriends? They are just cheap replacements/options. Just lead by Guru Nanak's example of following grihast!

Every sikh with a turban should have a kripaan on himself/herself somewhere. As it is legal we have no choice. Also as I work in IT, I usually have screwdrivers or something on me. Even pens can be used defensively. Need to wake up!

sitokaur, tera dimaag teek ah??

sikh community could boycott the bbc by boycotting the TV licence.... Shall we do a movement on this then? I am sure most of us can stream on demand content online and watch youtube. Might hurt those who require live football and live cricket.

and also we are also funding this BBC news by paying the tv licence fee. Sometimes I feel like stop paying, but then parents want to watch the sikhi channels on the TV; I can just stream and watch Youtube.