Can Sikhs wear jewellery?

[5aaban]

Are Sikhs allowed to wear jewellery? Many photos and art show Sikhs from the 19th and early 20th century wearing jewellery so why is it discouraged today?

 

[GurjantGnostic]

3 minutes ago, 5aaban said:

Are Sikhs allowed to wear jewellery (rings, bracelets etc)? Many photos and art show Sikhs from the 19th and early 20th century wearing jewellery even wives of Nihang Singhs, so is it allowed? 

What's the Gurbani perspective on it? 

 

 

[5aaban]

On 1/8/2022 at 11:29 AM, GurjantGnostic said:

 

 

I agree with wearing modest clothing. 

[GurjantGnostic]

Just now, 5aaban said:

I watched bits of that video before and I agree with remaining modest, it's a very informative video. 

Sikh women have worn jewelry historically. There is the Sakhi of the Guru's daughter, forgive my ignorance, who refuses jewelry and clothing given her by the Sangat. So clearly there was jewelry on a number of women. 

[Premi5]

Why would anyone, hypothetically want to wear jewellery ?

I think it's largely unnecessary

[Not2Cool2Argue]

On 1/7/2022 at 4:22 PM, 5aaban said:

Are Sikhs allowed to wear jewellery (rings, bracelets etc)? Many photos and art show Sikhs from the 19th and early 20th century wearing jewellery even wives of Nihang Singhs, so is it allowed? 

What's the Gurbani perspective on it? 

If you are not amritdhari, you can wear jewelry. But Sikh females generally avoid the nose things and crazy piercings. 

Also nihangs had a tradition that women weren't allowed to take amrit. So I wouldn't use their wives as role model for amritdhari women.

[5aaban]

On 1/10/2022 at 8:52 AM, Not2Cool2Argue said:

If you are not amritdhari, you can wear jewelry. But Sikh females generally avoid the nose things and crazy piercings. 

Also nihangs had a tradition that women weren't allowed to take amrit. So I wouldn't use their wives as role model for amritdhari women.

Many Sikh women have nose piercings and wear a pin because of Panjabi tradition. It's quite common in Panjab too, especially among old women. But yeah nothing crazy like tongue piercings. 

[Jacfsing2]

27 minutes ago, 5aaban said:

Many Sikh women have nose piercings and wear a pin because of Punjabi tradition. It's quite common in Punjab too, especially among older Sikh women. But yeah nothing crazy like tongue piercings. 

Just because the old generation did it, doesn’t mean it’s religiously correct. 

[GurjantGnostic]

No piercings no jewelry would be most inline with Saroop. 

[Jacfsing2]

On 1/8/2022 at 4:14 AM, Premi5 said:

Why would anyone, hypothetically want to wear jewellery ?

I think it's largely unnecessary

I'm sure Guru Sahib dressed in high-quality clothes, but people are way too needy with wanting more maya than they actually need.