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Interesting. According to Suraj Prakash, SatGuru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji Maharaj had a Haavan wedding.

Unfortunately not. All of them rather walk around bald headed. My Grandfather was the only one, even he had push back for that when he started. But he was a dedicated Gurmukh. My Father wasn't and still isn't into Sikhi nor are his siblings. Guess it skipped a generation and came to das.

Thought I would compile videos about the Udaasi Samparda established by Sahibzaada Baba Sri Chand Ji, son of the King of Kings, Sache Patshah, Satguru Sri Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Ji Maharaj. Three puratan sampardas present in the video below:

Also, can we also touch on the fact that Havans were a common practice amongst Puratan Sikhs? It seems like the Puratan sampardas (Nirmala, Udaasi, Namdhaari, and Nihangs) have preserved the practice. However, it's only really the Nihangs that evolved and adopted the modern Anand Karaj despite doing havans for other reasons such as jaaps of Brahm Kavach.

Any ideas when the modern version of the Anand Karaj became the norm or where it started from? From my understanding, puratan Sikh weddings consisted of doing Laavan around a Havan. In fact, my great grandmother actually got married according to this custom.

My specific village in the Doaba region was home to a great Mahapurakh, a Nirmala GurSikh who did immense amounts of bhagti in my pind. I believe the gurdwara is still ran by the samparda, though not as active in the village, there are some Nirmalas there. In fact, the title/position of Mahant is still in place there as well. In my neighboring village (the two villages were established by brothers, so everyone got the same last name) there was a Singh who took Pahul from Guru Maharaj themselves and became shaheed in battle. I also believe the Ahluwalia Misl was the Misl that took over this area, eventually falling to Ranjit Singh after his unification. I would imagine that my family started following Sikhi from about that point onwards. However, with the exception of my grandfather and some great grandparents, no one has taken Pahul, let alone kept Kesh.

I've noticed this flipping trend in the Gatka scene lately. We're really out here looking like a cheer team.

Yea that's exactly what I was thinking when I saw it.

Central Gurdwara London (Khalsa Jatha) from what I read.

Seems like a Gurdwara in the UK changed their Nishan Sahib back to the puratan one

??? Ahahahaha! But ye I see what you mean now, I'm not saying there isn't merit in learning about others faiths. I just don't see the point in wasting our time regurgitating the same points, their fellow Abrahamics already got that covered.

When engaging with the text, you basically gotta remove yourself from the modern, post-Singh Sabha/Colonialism version of "Sikhism" and understand the time it was written in. Lots of people in the panth don't wanna do this/don't have the understanding and get freaked out after reading it.

After listening to a couple of his interviews, I honestly think the guy is misunderstood in regards to his beliefs.

Was watching an interview with Nidar Singh and his perspective on devi is quite interesting. When he talks about Devi, or Chandi, he literally refers to her just being a personification of the sword (I'm remembering this stuff on top of my head). So in Chandi Di Vaar, King Indra is actually seeking refuge in the sword. Another perspective is his movement in shastar vidya. So when moving in the battlefield, a Singh's movement is graceful, almost feminine-like (the beautiful woman). A Singh's steps are calculated like a tiger/lion (the lion). So the Deve was created as a visual picture for the warrior to mimic.

I agree with this.

How do you get that I think all religions are equal from that statement bro? And how do you compare dogging on another faith with being jangi. I just think we got bigger <banned word filter activated> to deal with than worrying about what Muhammad did.

Not really. Most people fall prey to these guys because they have no confidence/no exposure to Gurmat. Why not address the root of the problem? If we spend our time dogging on other faiths, does that make us any different from these Christians or Muslims for that matter? But Satbachan ji, you guys are right.

Simple answer. Teach Gurmat and Gursikhi and you won't have this problem.

Come on veer, are we really reducing our elders to being a bunch of illiterates who allowed Mughals to employ Brahmins to corrupt our granths, sakhis, and maryadas?

I'm saying this as respectfully as I can veerji, so please don't take this the wrong way. In all honesty, who really cares. Let people believe what they wanna believe. Let's just stick to our path and not stick our nose into whatever or whomever others believe. Leave that to their fellow Abrahamics.