The Worshop Of Weapons

[Joshua]

I do not know what this is at all but I am a lover of weapons big or small. I live by the blade and will die by it as well. I am wondering if you can shed some light onto this subject so that I know and understand what it is. I do hope that what ever this is, it will be something that I love and enjoy. Thank you.

[murakh]

Singhs worship weapons because some of our gurus did too. They said that The shasters or weapons were kinda like gifts from god to protect the weak and stand for whats whats right. Infact, Is dasam granth ( 2nd main sikh scritrure but not equal to sri guru granth sahib ji. We dont bow to them as gods or dieties, we bow to them just because the faith called sikhi is on this planet becasue of shasters. As a matter of fact, Khanda, the double edged sword was created before this universe.

pauVI ]

pourree |

Pauri (Stanza of an Epic)

KMfw ipRQmY swj kY ijn sB sYswru aupwieAw ]

khanddaa prithamai saaj kai jin sabh saisaar oupaaeiaa |

At first, the Primeval Force (The Lord) created Khanda and then He originated the whole Universe.

bRhmw ibsnu mhys swij kudriq dw Kylu rcwie bxwieAw ]

brehamaa bisan mehaes saaj kudharath dhaa khael rachaae banaaeiaa |

Having created Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, He composed the play of the cosmos and made it manifest.

[sherepunjabjawan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ2aKEwblHA&feature=related Sikh Unit about the keeping of shaster!

[sikhreality]

Weapon weapon [shastar pooja] is a key tradition in Khastriya Dharam and has been practised by warriors of India for thousands of years. Weapon worship [shastar pooja] is directly related to Goddess worship [Chandi pooja] as they are seen as the same form in traditional Khasatriya ideology. Even before Rama battled Ravana, Rama dedicated various days for worshipping the Goddess before attacking Ravana.

For information of why and how Shastar and Chandi Goddess are related please view the following links:

http://www.manglacharan.com/kds.html

and

http://www.manglacharan.com/weaponworship.html

The second link shows that Guru Gobind Singh Ji commanded his loyal warriors to clean and pray to Shastars, through various recitations of scriptures from Dasam Guru Granth Sahib, and other texts. Traditionally Jhatka, a goat sacrifice, was done to appease Chandi and the blood was anointed on the various weapons. This goat sacrifice, Jhatka, is still done at Takht Hazur Sahib and by various Nihung groups.

Here are some videos of Shastar Pooja -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CKND0WPzEs

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZv71rFjBMg

[GPS]

In dasam Granth sahib chandi's specifications have not been fixed. Chandi is described as Sri sahib( Kirpan) in Dasam Granth sahib.

In Nihung sikh traditions chandi refers to Sri Sahib and not any Goddess. Sikhs do not worship any Goddess.