system. At that time there was a caste system in India. He preached that since all people are equal there shouldn’t be any system that separates the touchable and untouchables. He helped to put an end to it by establishing the soup kitchen. In every Gurdwara‚ place of worship for Sikhs‚ he said that there should be a soup kitchen in which members of society make and serve everybody food. Everybody ate on the floor‚ ate the same food and ate the food together. This helped rid of the caste system in India
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holy basil tulsi planted in maximum houses‚ which people water as well as worship everyday religiously. Many Indians are associated to various religious sects and attend weekly gatherings to listen to the sermons. Apart from temples‚ mosques and gurdwaras‚ there will also invariably be a personal place for worship‚ and pictures of Gods and Goddesses‚ in every house in India. Respecting Elders One
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November 2008 and at this time of the year the weather is very pleasant. As a result‚ hundreds of school children go on visits to museums and monuments. Not only schoolchildren but families too. During this time there was a Sikh gathering at the Gurdwara which is next to the Fort and Mosque and there were many Sikhs visiting too. During the day I was stopped by quite a few people who wanted to talk to me and have their picture taken with me. Pakistanis are among the most friendly people I
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Nanak was born on 15 April 1469‚[5] now celebrated as Prakash Divas of Guru Nanak Dev‚ at Rāi Bhoi Kī Talvaṇḍī‚ now called Nankana Sahib‚ near Lahore‚ Pakistan.[6] Today‚ his birthplace is marked by Gurdwara Janam Asthan. His parents were Kalyan Chand Das Bedi‚ popularly shortened to Mehta Kalu‚[7] and Mata Tripta. His father was a patwari (accountant) for crop revenue in the village of Talwandi‚ employed by a Muslim landlord of that area‚ Rai Bular Bhatti.[8] He had one sister‚ Bibi Nanaki‚ who
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Indirā Priyadarśinī Gāndhī; Hindi: इंदिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गांधी ; born 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and the leader of the Indian National Congress. She was the third Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984‚ a total of fifteen years. Gandhi was the first female prime minister to hold the office and remained as the world’s longest serving
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Sikhism and islam are two of the largest religions in the world. They both have are similar but also have lots of differences. Sikhism is the right way to live life with God‚ while Islam is the perfect way to live life with god but with some strict rules. Similarities: Some of the things that these two religions have in common are‚ they both are monotheism‚ both think that all religions are equal‚ and both have an place to worship. These religions belief of god is that their is only one God.
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Train To Pakistan is written by Khushwant Singh and is India’s best known writer and columnist . He has been founder-editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India ‚ and National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He was a member of parliament from 1980 to 1986. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Indian Army. In 2007 ‚ he was awarded the Padma Bhushan . Among the other awards
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by numerous fairs and people come in thousands to celebrate the beginning of the New Year and watch the Bhangra dance of Punjab. For the Sikhs of Jammu‚ Baisakhi is the day their tenth guru‚ Guru Gobind Singh‚ formed the Khalsa sect in 1699. The Gurdwaras are full of people who come to listen to kirtans‚ offer prayers and feast on the ‘prasad’ from the common kitchen (’langar’). Bahu Mela (March–April and September–October) A major festival is held at the Kali Temple in Bahu Fort twice a year.
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Religion can be a welcoming force to its loyal followers‚ providing comfort‚ support‚ and hope amid the darkest of times or a merciless power‚ refraining from pity and stripping its protection over those who do not abide by its customs and traditions. In Life of Pi‚ the peculiar island which Pi Patel and Richard Parker discover symbolizes religion. Just as religion‚ Richard Parker and Pi must perceive the island with an equilibrium of doubt and faith for it to be beneficial. The blessings the island
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The Bhakti movement is a Hindu religious movement in which the main spiritual practice is loving devotion towards Shiva orVishnu. Bhakti movement is also closely related to Sufism of Islam which rose in the same time period and both advocated ’love of God’ as the easiest way to attain God. The Bhakti movement originated in ancient Tamil Nadu. The Nayanmars and the Alvars played a major role in the Bhakti movement. The Bhakti movement began to spread to the north during the late medieval ages when
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