taking karah parshad. Many rites in Sikhism involve prayer (such as the Ardas) or reciting scripture (paath). Some Sikh rites are meant to be practiced...

also known as marriage hymn. His own marriage took place according to Sikh rites in 1808, whereas his son, Darbara Singh is accredited for having performed...

The Sikh Confederacy was a confederation of twelve sovereign Sikh states (each known as a Misl, derived from the Arabic word مِثْل meaning 'equal'; sometimes...

Sikhism is an Indian religion and philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It...

boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Sikhs (singular Sikh: /sɪk/ SIK or /siːk/ SEEK; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, romanized: sikkh, IPA:...

more commonly sought through the words of the Guru Granth. "Sikh Reht Maryada - Other Rites and Conventions: Guru Panth (Panth's Status of Guruhood)"....

Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating...

1 Sikh Arrah 1857, 3 Sikh Bihar 1857, 3 Sikh China 1860-62, 2 Sikh Ali Masjid 1878, 1 & 3 Sikh Ahmed Khel 1880, 2 Sikh Afghanistan 1878-79, 1 Sikh Afghanistan...

Sikhism is the fourth-largest religion in Canada, with nearly 800,000 adherents, or 2.1% of Canada's population, as of 2021. The largest Sikh populations...

The Second Anglo-Sikh War was a military conflict fought between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company, which took place from 1848 to 1849. It resulted...

the four Sikh Sanskars. The Amrit Sanskar is the initiation rite introduced by Guru Gobind Singh when he founded the Khalsa in 1699. A Sikh who has been...

include the Sikh marriage ceremony, Anand Karaj; some of the rites of the death ceremony, Antam Sanskar; and most of the important Sikh Festivals. The...

Karaj, "Blissful Union" ― the Sikh rite of marriage. Antam Sanskar, "Final Rite" ― the Sikh funeral rites; traditionally, Sikhs are cremated during the funeral...

romanized: khaṇḍā) is the symbol of the Sikhism which attained its current form around the 1930s during the Ghadar Movement. The modern Sikh symbol is never written on...

Narangwal (born as Basant Singh; 7 July 1878 – 13 April 1961) was an Indian Sikh leader who started the Gurdwara Sudhaar Movement (lit. 'Gurdwara Improvement...

Sikh military leader Baghel Singh (1730–1802) captured Delhi, on 11 March 1783, and his brief stay in Delhi, led to the construction of several Sikh religious...

religious group. The majority of the nation's Sikhs live in the northern state of Punjab, which is the only Sikh-majority administrative division in the world...

In Sikhism, some Sikhs particularly of the Nihang community use edible cannabis in a religious context. They make use of cannabis by ingestion. It is...

Punjabi Sikhs are an ethnoreligious group of Punjabis who adhere to Sikhism. They are the second-largest religious group amongst Punjabis after the Punjabi...

Punjab, India. It is the pre-eminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism, alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in...

or masandia, and were differentiated from Sikhs who had received their initiation rites directly from a Sikh guru, whom were termed as Khalsa. Whilst extant...

identified when the operation was over. Singh was cremated according to Sikh rites and with full military honours. "Shaheedi Samagam Organised at Sri Akal...

according to Sikh rites) in defiance of the Mughal authority of Aurangzeb. The execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur hardened the resolve of Sikhs against Muslim...

commitment to the Sikh rehni, 'Sikh way of life'. A Sikh who has taken Amrit and keeps all five Ks is known as Khalsa ('pure') or Amritdhari Sikh ('Amrit Sanskar...

The All-India Sikh Students' Federation (AISSF) is a Sikh student organisation and political organisation in India. AISSF was formed in 1943. as the youth...

Khalistan movement is a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing an ethno-religious sovereign state called Khalistan (lit...

November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, in the northwest Indian subcontinent, ruling from 1801 until his...

the most prominent Sikh gurdwaras, or Sikh house of worship, in Delhi, India, and known for its association with the eighth Sikh Guru, Guru Har Krishan...

Sikhism's relationship to the caste system is a complex and controversial topic in the modern-period. Although the discriminatory practices derived from...

This is a list of the major festivals of the Sikh religion. There are some other (around 45) festivals that are celebrated at a much smaller scale with...