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...ely at the picture, you can see the children sporting ''janoys'' (threads) and ''bodis'' (shaved heads) '''Father Kalu takes Baba Nanak to School''', [[B- ...ons), and that by putting it on greatness should be obtained in this world and happiness in the next. On hearing this the young Guru gave utterance to the

...tampers with India’s unity and integrity, it has 30,000 branches in India and 35 abroad. .... By any means possible it is trying to undermine the history, the beliefs and institutions of the faith.

...{{Wiki|superstitions}}. The practice of blind rituals, worshiping of idols and inanimate objects, participating in religious fasts, pilgrimage to holy pla ...le. These poor people wrongly believe that undertaking these empty customs and penances will bring them special assistance from [[Waheguru]] or some other

...amic saints. Sikh religious philosophy incorporates some aspects of Islam, and rejects others. ...th of Muhammed the Prophet, the consensus of the religious scholars (ijma) and argument by analogy (ijtihad). They define anyone not a Musim as a [[kafir]

...300px|right|Fresco showing Mata Tripta with baby Nanak. Bibi Nanaki, Dayee and others look on]] ...h her. She was the person who brought [[Guru Nanak]], the founder of the [[Sikhism|Sikh religion]] into the world.

...ned on him; one to symbolize the concept of [[Miri]] or temporal authority and the second to symbolize the concept of [[Piri]] or spiritual authority. The ...ommunity]] worldwide has honoured the sixth Guru's vision of Miri and Piri and have celebrated this vision on 21st July every year by calling this day the

...s as historians and explorers to demonstrate the futility to such journeys and to show the devotees the true path to [[God]]. People who go on pilgrimage give various reasons, excuses and pretexts for their actions - some of these are :-

=='''Guru Nanak and his Mission'''== ...ing more than a reformer. Onewho carried a message of peace for everybody, and who found here nothing to quarrel with His largenessof view, in holding all

During the late 1800's and the early part of 1900's, [[Daulat Rai]], an {{w2|Arya Samaj|Arya Samajist} In his book he reminded [[Punjabi]] and [[Hindus]] of the humiliation and degradation to which their ancestors were subjected under [[Mughal]] rule b

...areas outside the city. The city is located almost 375 kms from [[Delhi]], and about 90 kms from [[Amritsar]]. Jalandhar is named after Jaldhar, a demon k ...e Punjab, about 1000 years go, from about 2nd century A.D. upto 1500, when Sikhism, started to spread.

...rom Temecula to Escondido, filling a gap between existing temples in Poway and Riverside. (North County Times file photo)}} ...g moment for us. Some of our children were in kindergarten when we started and are now in college," said Baljit Singh Toor, the chairman of the board of t

...di Granth]]. He started the preparation of the Granth in August, [[1601]], and completed it 3 years later in [[August]], [[1604]]. ...d in the service of mankind. It were only the successive Gurus who praised and appreciated the works of the predecessor Gurus. It were the [[Bhatt]]s (sin

The beings born of eggs, born of the womb, born of the earth and born of sweat, all are created by You. <br> I have seen one glory of Yours, that You are pervading and permeating in all. ||3||}}</center>

Seize and destroy the sinful and the wicked. <br> I have come for spreading Divine Religion and for protection of saints; and for annihilating all the tyrants. (42-43/6)<br>

...ns to living his live as a a man of learning, he was a scholar of Persian and a learned poet. His fame as a man of letters led to the ruler of the city ...st the Sikhs whose growing power was causing anxiety to Ahmed Shah Durrani and the Baluchis.

...ey rebelled against Aurangzeb (at Mahindergarh, district of south Haryana) and after initial success they were forced to run. Some say they were large in ...as of present day Chhatisgarh state. There they lived the life of tribals. And faith became some rituals. Some of them became Christian, following Christi

...ion, [[hard work]], the worship of [[one God]] and the commitment to peace and harmony for all the peoples of the world. ...ution of the Guru can be listed under three headings - Religious, Personal and Political.

...nment of Indira Gandhi, which was fearful of the instability of the nation and the censorship of the congress party. In the Punjab the operation caused th ...eration, General Jamwal was assigned the responsibility to seal the border and General R.S. Dayal was instructed to oversee the apprehension of militants

[[File:Chandi in Sikhism.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Chandi in Gurmat Thought]] ...ple's dictionary Chandi is some diety having eight hands, who sits on lion and is a physical body. But in Gurmat it's not any physical body. There are man