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Find records of Punjabi Soldiers from your pind that served in World War 1: http://punjabww1.com/
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3 hours ago, Jacfsing2 said:Non-Amritdharis didn't do Anand Karaj around Guru Sahib, and with the rise of old school Nirankaris under Baba Dayalthe Anand Karaj became popularized among non-amritdharis as well. The idea that Sikhs got married around a fire happened because lots of Sikhs who joined from the Hindu panth still continued this practice of havan marriage.
I mean the reason Hindus get married around a fire is because that's one of their devi devte, to us it's just a fire. Naamdharis still do this fire marriage because they view Sikhi as a sect of Hindus.
Interesting. According to Suraj Prakash, SatGuru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji Maharaj had a Haavan wedding.
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15 hours ago, ipledgeblue said:
so nobody from your parents' generation there is keepin kesh? that's a real shame, especially with all the history!
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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I've noticed this flipping trend in the Gatka scene lately. We're really out here looking like a cheer team.
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1 minute ago, dallysingh101 said:Any idea where?
Central Gurdwara London (Khalsa Jatha) from what I read.
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Seems like a Gurdwara in the UK changed their Nishan Sahib back to the puratan one
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7 minutes ago, Big_Tera said:
Dogging? Not sure what that word means. But in the UK it means going down a dark unlit parking area and doing some funny business.
But on a serious note. If there are people going around trying to convert and impose their beliefs on you. We have every right to learn a little about their beliefs and say (No thank you).
Even Jugraj Singh has good knowledge on other faiths. IE the differences between Sikhi and Christianity and Islam and would use this knowledge in his talks.
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.
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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.
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After listening to a couple of his interviews, I honestly think the guy is misunderstood in regards to his beliefs.
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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.
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On 4/14/2022 at 11:54 PM, MisterrSingh said:A two-pronged approach is wise: a bit of what I'm suggesting AND a whole lot of yours.
We need to start being unapologetically Sikh not just in our little jathe dust-ups (which has always struck me as punching down), but against Muslims, Christians, and others. Sikhs bark against other Sikhs, but meow when Muzzies and Christians arrive on the scene. This needs to change. This interfaith tatti needs to die a sudden death. It's weakened us, not made us stronger.
I agree with this.
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18 hours ago, Big_Tera said:
It seems like you have the mentality and thinking that all religions are equal and right and will lead to God. That we should all hold each others hands, sing ring a ring a roses and live happily ever after like some fairy tale. Not get involved in anything, but just concentrate on praying and being happy in our own religion and hope for the best.
It's time to wake up. Islam is and Muhammed are a menace and great danger to society and our way of life. These people want to change your beliefs and religion and the way of life of britian to an Islamic one and your thinking is "who cares". well you soon will one day when britians becomes an Islamic country and your freedom to practice religion has gone. Then It will be to late to do anything. Then you will again say " who cares and be happy to move to another country" .. then when that country becomes an Islamic state. You will say who cares and move to another country. And so fourth.
Sikhs and all non Muslims need to read up on why Islam and Muhammed are wrong so they can educate their kids and next generations. I am not saying go and start debating with Muslims.(Although if you want to do that, it's completley fine) But you should have good knowledge on why Islam is not a true religion. It actually strengthens your own faith when you start to seeing the inaccuracies and falsness of Islam aswell as Christianity. That's not to say we should start hating non Sikhs. We should only show negativity to those who try and convert us or have bad intentions for us and our faith.
Sikhi teaches to respect all other religions. It doesn't say agree with all other religions and partake in a fast to show your love for them. When Muslims (Mughals were forcibly converting people in India and Punjab to Islam. Did Guru Gobind Singh say. "Who cares" Let's just concentrate on our Sikhi and let them do what they want. When Mughals tried to steal 40.000 hindu women. Did the Sikhs say. Who cares it's not effecting us let's go and eat a veggi samosa and pray that the world becomes a better place.
It's time to show some steel and couragesness and be outspoken, politically aware. Sikhs should care deeply about state of the world as we all want to live and work in a better place. We should all strive for equality, social justice, fighting for the oppressed because when the sh1t hits the fan we are all going to get spattered and it ain't going to smell nice.
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.
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2 hours ago, MisterrSingh said:Bruh, that's like saying, "When someone pushes you off a cliff, just learn how to fly. Easy."
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.
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Simple answer. Teach Gurmat and Gursikhi and you won't have this problem.
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On 4/10/2022 at 8:05 PM, SinghPunjabSingh said:
Yes it is well known that the Mughals employed certain Brahmin writers in their employ to "pollute" and obfuscate certain Sikh History, certain Granths and certain Sakhi's and Rehitnama's in circulation.
The Muslim Emperors like Aurangzeb claimed that our Guru Sahibaan were frauds and crooks who divided up the order of GurGaddi in their previous lives when according to the Mughals (and the Brahmin writers working for them) our Guru Sahibaan were Hindu Kings in their previous incarnations.
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?
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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.
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The Modern Anand Karaj
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