Sikhism has an established practice of three morning prayers, an evening prayer and a bedtime prayer. Community and cooperation with others are among the most important tenets of Sikhism:. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads.
Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Organized three annual gatherings for Sikhs, set up the first pilgrimage site at Goindval Sahib and introduced Sikh rituals for birth and death. His most famous hymn, Anand Sahib, is part of Sikh daily ritual.
Founded Amritsar, the holy city of Sikhism. His followers dug the pool that became the holy lake surrounding the Golden Temple. Composed the Lavan marriage hymn, still used in Sikh marriages. Collected the hymns of previous Gurus and added of his own to form the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhism. He also built the Golden Temple.
The son of Guru Arjan. Proclaimed that the Guru is a military leader as well as spiritual leader, leading to conflict with the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Grandson of Guru Hargobind. Younger son of Guru Har Rai. Became guru at the age of 5 and died of smallpox at the age of 8. He is the only Guru depicted in art without a beard. Terms Privacy Policy. Part of HuffPost Religion. All rights reserved. Most Sikhs wear one or more of the articles but only Sikhs who have taken amrit, a ritual analogous to baptism, wear all.
They include:. Kesh , or unshorn long hair, which is protected by a dastaar , or turban. The dastaar is worn by men and some women to cover their long hair. But most women keep their hair long and uncovered, except for when entering a gurdwara. This bar graph presents the relative ages in years of each of the major world faiths. Hinduism is the oldest, with roots stretching back some years, or more; Sikhism is the youngest, being only about years old.
As the chart indicates, among the very oldest religions are Hinduism , Judaism , and possibly Zoroastrianism. The roots of Judaism stretch back to the time of the patriarch Abraham, traditionally dated at around BC. The precise age of Zoroastrianism , the religion of ancient Persia, remains a matter of some controversy; conflicting dates suggested for the era of its founding prophet Zoroaster range from the 18th to the 6th centuries BC.
A number of major religions seem to have all gotten their start, in different places around the globe, at roughly the same time: the 6th century BC. Jainism , Buddhism , Confucianism , and possibly Zoroastrianism if one favors a later rather than an earlier date for Zoroaster were each born in that religiously creative century.
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