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Nishan Sahibs And Battle Standards


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A lot of Brahmin influence crept in during the time of the Mahants and Hindu caretakers eg:paintings,and frescos,if i saw those Shiva style flags now I would burn them to be honest and frank.

lol lol hatred, hatred, what an example of a true sikh of Baba Nanak Ji

The pictures are not showing up this is probably due to the paranoia which some of the mods also suffer from :((

:LOLz: :LOLz: :LOLz: :LOLz: yeh man insecurities, doesn't agree with their type of sikhi. don't let the SGPC find out, they might "excommunicate" u from "their" panth lol :) ))))

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Freed ji, thanks so much for these great pictures. I believe the second figure in the flag (next to Kartikkeya) in the 7th image of the 3rd of your posts might be Varha, the the third avatar of Vishnu's ten avatars. I'm assuming this because he sports a wild boar's snout as well as a prominent miter; which in Hindu iconography is a symbol exclusively for Vishnu and his avatars. Varha also happens to be a major fighting stance/style in traditional Sikh martial arts (shastar vidya). It is fitting that he would be associated with the Sikh military.

For my fellow Singhs/Kaurs, I would request that you look at these pictures with an open mind. We cannot deny the fact that there are mentions and even praise of entities commonly assumed to be Hindu deities in our many art forms (even our martial arts) and scriptures. It is a terrible misconception that the Gurus worshiped Devis and Devtas, these entities are personifications of both universal and internal spiritual elements. They should be interpreted not literally but rather metaphorically (as should much of our bani) so that we can attain that spiritual awakening that the Guru intended we have. Have faith in Akal Purakh, the one and only worthy of worship!

Gurfateh!

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The Chandi Nishan Sahibs were firstly the battle standards of a region, when the Khalsa Fauj took over a certain region, to avoid confusion, they took the battle standard and then the members of that region tended to fight under the Empire-just to clear any misconception or controversy, as well as a Nishan Sahib representing a group of people, it can also represent a region, for example how in the U.K. each city has it's own coat of arms, each region in India in the past would have it's own Nishan.

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