religious communities. India is also the birthplace of four of world’s major religions‚ namely Hinduism‚ Sikhism‚ Jainism and Buddhism. This diverse religious nature of India is result of social integration of religions brought in by invaders and conquerors like Greeks in 180 BC and Mughals in early 16th century. With passage of time‚ many other religious leaders like Ram in Hinduism and Guru Nanak in Sikhism emerged and guided the Humanity to religious path. India is also known as a country of festivals
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R.S Project: Sri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara Sikhism religion is well known all around the world and was founded 500 years ago‚ The Sikh religion today has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is ranked as the world’s 5th largest religion. Sikhism is open to all through the teachings of its 10 Gurus in the Sikh Holy Book and Living Guru‚ Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Introduction Sri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara has been in Whalley Range for less than 50 years. It was founded in 1961
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Guru Nanak Dev Guru Nanak Dev (1469’ 1538)‚ founder of Sikhism‚ was born to Kalu Mehta and Mata Tripta‚ wherein the Bedi Khatri clan of a Hindu family in the village of Talwandi‚ now called Nankana Sahib‚ near Lahore.[1] His father‚ a Hindu named Mehta Kalu‚ was a Patwari‚ an accountant of land revenue in the government. Nanak’s mother was Mata Tripta‚ and he had one older sister‚ Bibi Nanki. From an early age Guru Nanak seemed to have acquired a questioning and enquiring mind and refused as a
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Jai Nanda Mrs. Mormando English 11R 13 January 2017 How can we stop Americans from discriminating and being ignorant about the Sikh religion? Sikhism is a very little known religion in America‚ yet it is the fifth largest in the world. This monotheistic religion was founded in Punjab‚ India by Guru Nanak in the 15th century. Sikh discrimination is a very small and unknown topic‚ no one knows about it and it hasn’t been thoroughly explored yet. If anything‚ people only know that only Muslims have
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10 RELIGIONS IN ASIA Judaism Judaism is the predominant religion in Israel‚ which has a nominal Jewish population of about 7 million‚ though the matter of distinguishing Jewish religious‚ cultural and ethnic identity is a complex one Christianity/Christianism Christianity is a widespread minority religion in Asia. Only five countries are predominantly Christian‚Cyprus which is predominantly Greek Orthodox‚ the Philippines‚ which is the 3rd largest Roman Catholicnation in the world‚ East Timor
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after sun rise. The shimmering Golden Temple‚ by the night. The Golden Temple is a holy place of the followers of Sikhism. The fifth-largest organized religion in the world‚ Sikhism is monotheistic and emphasizes values of faith and justice. The Golden Temple is "considered holy by Sikhs because the eternal guru of Sikhism‚ Sri Guru Granth Sahib‚ is always present inside it and its construction was mainly intended to build a place of worship for men and women from all
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-Judaism- It is the religion of ancient Hebrews‚ said to be one of the first monotheistic faiths. This is important to HG because many other religions have been based off it. -Sikhism- is a religion that began in sixteenth century Northern India and locate primarily between India and Pakistan today. The principal belief in Sikhism is faith in Vāhigurū. -Shintoism- said to be the way of god. It is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion‚ combining elements of Buddhism and local
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Singh Bedi in late nineteenth century. Khem Singh Bedi‚ a founder of the Singh Sabha movement‚ was born on 21 February 1832 at Kallar Syedan (1). He was a thirteenth direct descendant of Guru Nanak Dev (1). According to the "The encyclopedia of Sikhism”‚ Baba Attar Singh‚ the father of Khem Singh was killed in a family dispute
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Sikhism is one of the most ancient religions of India and the believers of this religion are called Sikhs that means disciples. The founder of Sikhism was Guru Nanak. Sikhism stands for casteless society and preaches thahe Holy Book Of Sikhism is Guru Granth Sahib Guru Gobind Singh declared before his departure to the heavenly abode that this Holy Granth would be the spiritual guide for Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh made Khalsa (Sikh common wealth)‚ a full-fledged nation and taught them to perform
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as the Khalsa. There is a lot of debate by scholars what this word means; some assert it means sovereign/free‚ while others contend it means Pure/Genuine. Some propose it means‚ “God’s own”. As it can be ascertained that with a global population Sikhism has become an international religion‚ however‚ it has faced and continues to face a set of problems like all major religions. The most prominent has been the quest for a Sikh state culminating into the demand of Khalistan in the current era. (Jawad
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