Kesri Nishaan Sahib At Sri Hazoor Sahib

[TuheeTuhee]

Nilla (Blue) Nishaan sahib is ment to repersent Akal Purkh Ke Fauj where ever you see the Nilla Nishaan Sahib you can Guarantee there is a fauj there. The Kesri nishaan sahib is for the panth. What i was wondering as Sri Hazoor Sahib (Sach Kand Darbar) why is there a Kesri Nishan Sahib and not a nilla one ?

Doing some research i found it was Ranjit Singh who changed the Nishaan sahib to kesri ?

Why was this?

Was it Ranjit Singh?

Just question not judging

Bhul Chuck Mafee

[chatanga]

the blue ones are usually for the chhouni, and there is a chhouni near sachkhand which has a neela nishan sahib.

[TuheeTuhee]

the blue ones are usually for the chhouni, and there is a chhouni near sachkhand which has a neela nishan sahib.

a wat sorry?

[chatanga]

a chhouni is a army camp, also one thing i forgot to mention earlier was that Sachkhand is a Takht, so it wouldnt have a blue one anyway. all the takhts have kesri jhande.

[Singh559]

I don't think it should be questioned, Maharaja Ranjit Singh may have not been perfect, however, I doubt the change wouldn't have gone unchecked if it were wrong. Akaali Phula Singh had punished Maharaja Ranjit Singh at least once for doing something against Sikh rehit, if he had made an error on this case he would have been confronted about it and would have addressed the issue.

As far as how it's true regarding whether or not Maharaja Ranjit Singh changed the color, I don't know.

[jhooldenishan]

From what i know..orig color of Nishan sahib was Blue..it was changed after 1800s...and it was Pujaris (pandits) who changed it..this is what i heard in a katha CD..umm..

[S4NGH]

Nishan Sahib was white up until Sri Guru Hargobind ji Maharaaj who changed it to Basanti!! Not kesri.

Im not sure how the blues came about...maybe 7th Patshah brought about the Blue which was then changed to Basanti by 10th Patshah.

I know during Maharaja Ranjit Singhs time, Nishan Sahibs were changed to kesri. But they were changed back to Basanti during his reign.

Sooo Nishaan Sahibs should as they were, BASANTI. Not bahman rangi kesar yh.

[Unbreakable]

so you're saying Kesri Lehar have it wrong, it should be Basanti Lehar....

why such emphasis on colours????

I am not questioning, please can some learned person here describe the reasons why we have various colours

[Not2Cool2Argue]

Not a learned person, just gonna repeat hearsay and experience. I always thought that there are 5 sikh colors: white, black, orange, blue, yellow. And heard that originally black was not a Sikh color, but was added during the british times, when Sikhs wore black dastaars to protest against the British. Then it became part of the panth. Now I hear that orange was not an original Sikh color, but added to our panth from brahminical influences. But i think orange should be considered a sikh color, just as black was, orange/kesri stands for the khalistan movement, bhai sukha jinda wore it on their saheedi day, babbar khalsa wore it, etc..

[Into the Light]

At the time of Sri Guru Amar Dass Jee the nishan Sahib was white...it's evovled that's all