Keski

[me moorakh mugadh]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

"before starting this topic ek do haath jod ke benti i dont want disscussion on weather keski is in rehat or not please this is my personal request :D "

when ,how and where did keski came hair i understand why did guru sahib said to wear keski could anyone pls clarify thank u very much

[Sarbloh Soulja]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

i think its because, we shud keep our head covered at all times, to show respect to waheguru and the guru, thats basically y.

[me moorakh mugadh]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

i think its because, we shud keep our head covered at all times, to show respect to waheguru and the guru, thats basically y.

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

thank u raz veerje for replying, but that we can also do with a big parnaa covering our head

as many sikhs do ,but why only keski tieing ur juda witha big pharna pls do help if u can.

[Guest SikhForLife]

taking a more practical view ill say that:

keski was worn by people in india at the time..

and every self-respecting man wore it.. it was the society at that time..

all our gurus wore it.. and it became part of our identity..

in wars and such it protected their heads.. and to furthur make it sturdier.. they used to tie a big round pagh with round steel chakars on it.. to prevent sword blow damage to the head.. those turban weighed as much as 20-30 lbs.

guru gobind singh jee officially made it as our uniform so we can stand out and never run away from the battlefield

... not just a physical battle field but the battlefield withing our minds.

and since then we have been wearing it :D

we like the cops.. they always have to wear a hat with their badge on it..

[Sarbloh Soulja]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

hanji paji, that is a very good description of it......

[Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji]

but that we can also do with a big parnaa covering our head

as many sikhs do

Parna is actually another name of a small dastar - keski. There's really not a different in the two words.

We are instructed to wear Dohraa Dastara/Dumalla. So the turban we wear underneath is called keski and people, especially those living in villages just call it parna. They both serve the same purpose.

[me moorakh mugadh]

in wars and such it protected their heads.. and to furthur make it sturdier.. they used to tie a big round pagh with round steel chakars on it.. to prevent sword blow damage to the head.. those turban weighed as much as 20-30 lbs.

guru gobind singh jee officially made it as our uniform so we can stand out and never run away from the battlefield

... not just a physical battle field but the battlefield withing our minds.

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

very very good discription any one can add more

[~*SiNghNi*~]

"The Sikh women are distinguished from Hindus of their sex by some variety of dress, chiefly by a higher topknot of hair."22

Higher topknot of hair on Sikh women's heads automatically implies their coverage by some sort of turban,

[~*SiNghNi*~]

www.tapoban.org/keski

it is crystal clear that cutting your hair is forbidden in sikhi and keeping your kesh is a fundamental requirement for becoming a Gursikh.

It is well known that the outward appearance of the Sikhs is absolutely unique and different from those of other faiths. This applies to all Sikhs irrespective of sex. The wearing of the Sikh symbols has been obligatory for both the sexes.

Right up to the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Sikh women had been steadfast in following the edicts of the Satguru in respect to their spiritual inner life as well as dress, including Keski. That is what J. D. Cunningham himself saw and wrote in the middle of the Nineteenth Century when he wrote his book, History of the Slkhs.

Even after the Punjab came under the British rule, this symbol of Keski was conspicuously seen in case of Sikh women as well as men right up to the Gurdwara movement and the establishment of the Shromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee in 1926. Until then, no one - man as well as woman was allowed to be baptized (by taking Amrit) at Sri Akal Takht Sahib without Keski. It was only afterwards that laxity was introduced in this respect and the wearing of Keski was made optional.

it is clear that Keski or small turban has been traditionally worn by Sikhs, or Khalsa men and women, right from the birth of the Khalsa Nation.