Sikh
The ten Gurus, the Guru Granth Sāhib, the Khālsā and the Panth.
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People14
- Banda Singh BahadurBanda Singh Bahadur was the Sikh commander who established the first Sikh state in the Punjab…
- Bhai GurdasBhai Gurdas was the scribe of the Adi Granth and the author of the vars, the earliest Sikh ex…
- Guru Amar DasGuru Amar Das was the third Sikh Guru, who organised the community into administrative distri…
- Guru AngadGuru Angad was the second Sikh Guru, who standardised the Gurmukhi script, collected Nanak's…
- Guru ArjanGuru Arjan was the fifth Sikh Guru, who compiled the Adi Granth, built the Harmandir Sahib at…
- Guru Gobind SinghGuru Gobind Singh (1666–1708) was the tenth and last human Guru of Sikhism, who founded the K…
- Guru Har KrishanGuru Har Krishan was the eighth Sikh Guru, who succeeded at the age of five and died of small…
- Guru Har RaiGuru Har Rai was the seventh Sikh Guru, who maintained the armed retinue he inherited without…
- Guru HargobindGuru Hargobind was the sixth Sikh Guru, who took up arms after his father's execution, built…
- Guru NanakGuru Nanak was the founder of Sikhism, a teacher of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Punjab w…
- Guru Ram DasGuru Ram Das was the fourth Sikh Guru, the founder of Amritsar, and the composer of the Lavan…
- Guru Tegh BahadurGuru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth Sikh Guru, executed at Delhi in 1675 in a case Sikh tradition…
- Panj PyareThe Panj Pyare are the five men who answered Guru Gobind Singh's call at Anandpur in 1699 and…
- Ranjit SinghRanjit Singh was the founder and ruler of the Sikh Empire, who unified the Punjab from the mi…
Dynasties & States2
Places & Regions1
Sites & Monuments7
- Akal TakhtThe Akal Takht is the seat of temporal authority in Sikhism, built by Guru Hargobind at Amrit…
- Anandpur SahibAnandpur Sahib is the town in the Shivalik foothills founded by Guru Tegh Bahadur, where Guru…
- GurdwaraA gurdwara is a Sikh place of assembly, defined by the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib, and…
- Harmandir SahibThe Harmandir Sahib at Amritsar is the principal gurdwara of Sikhism, built by Guru Arjan in…
- Hemkund SahibHemkund Sahib is a Sikh shrine at over 4,300 metres in the Garhwal Himalaya, identified in th…
- KartarpurKartarpur on the Ravi is where Guru Nanak settled after his travels, established the first Si…
- Nankana SahibNankana Sahib in Pakistani Punjab is the birthplace of Guru Nanak, marked by Gurdwara Janam A…
Texts4
- Dasam GranthThe Dasam Granth is a collection of compositions associated with Guru Gobind Singh, whose aut…
- Guru Granth SahibThe Guru Granth Sahib is the scripture of Sikhism and, since 1708, its living Guru, a fixed c…
- Japji SahibThe Japji Sahib is Guru Nanak's principal composition, placed at the opening of the Guru Gran…
- Mul MantarThe Mul Mantar is the opening statement of the Guru Granth Sahib, a short formula setting out…
Concepts9
- GurmukhiGurmukhi is the script in which Punjabi is written in India and in which the Guru Granth Sahi…
- Ik OnkarIk Onkar is the opening phrase of Sikh scripture, asserting one indivisible divine reality, a…
- KhalsaThe Khalsa is the order founded by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699, whose initiated members take vo…
- Miri-PiriMiri-Piri is the Sikh doctrine that temporal and spiritual authority belong together, express…
- Religious persecution under the MughalsReligious persecution under the Mughals refers to episodes of temple destruction, discriminat…
- SevaSeva is selfless service in Sikh teaching, treated not as charity offered from above but as a…
- SikhismSikhism is the monotheistic religion founded in fifteenth-century Punjab by Guru Nanak, devel…
- Syncretism in Indian religionsSyncretism in Indian religions refers to the historical blending of doctrines, deities, saint…
- WaheguruWaheguru is the name of God in Sikh usage, and the word most commonly repeated in the practic…
Events2
Practice & Festival6
- Amrit SancharAmrit Sanchar is the Sikh initiation rite, in which sweetened water stirred with a double-edg…
- DiwaliDiwali, or Deepavali ("row of lamps"), is a five-day festival of lights observed by Hindus, J…
- The Five KsThe Five Ks are the articles of faith worn by initiated Sikhs — uncut hair, comb, steel brace…
- LangarThe langar is the free communal kitchen attached to every gurdwara, where anyone may eat, sea…
- Naam SimranNaam Simran is the Sikh discipline of remembering and repeating the divine name, held by the…
- VaisakhiVaisakhi is the spring harvest festival of the Punjab and the anniversary of the founding of…