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INDIA - SIKHISM -
KHALSA PANTH |
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Date-wise Events |
March
30, 1699: The Khalsa Panth was inaugurated on
this day, by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru.
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Description |
- This day witnessed the birth of Khalsa
Panth, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in
accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
- The Khalsa is the collective body of all
initiated Sikhs represented by the five beloved-ones and can be
called the Guru Panth, the embodiment of the Guru and the final
temporal Guru/leader of the Sikhs.
- The word Khalsa is that of being
"Pure/Genuine.”
- From then on the temporal leadership of the
Sikhs was passed on to the Khalsa with the bestowed title of "Guru
Panth" and spiritual leadership was passed on to the Guru Granth
Sahib with the Khalsa being responsible for all executive, military
and civil authority in the Sikh society.
- The Sikhs of the Khalsa can be identified
with the given Five Ks and titles of Singh and Kaur, granted after
the disciple has been baptized into the order of the Khalsa.
- The tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh at an
event that coincided with the Vaisakhi day created the Khalsa in the
year 1699 A.D at Kesgarh, in Anandpur Sahib ordained that every Sikh
becomes Amritdhari “[Having taken Amrit]” and follow the Five Ks;
which are not merely symbols but display commitment to the
philosophy of Guru Nanak Dev like a uniform of an organization.
- A Sikh male at being initiated into the
Khalsa is titled Singh meaning “Lion” and a female is entitled Kaur
meaning “Princess”.
- From then on they are commonly referred to
as Amritdhari (having taken Amrit).
- The Khalsa is considered the pinnacle of
Sikhism.
- The Khalsa is expected to perform no ritual
and to believe in no superstition of any kind but only believe in
one God who is the Master and the Protector of all, the only Creator
and Destroyer.
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