Sikh Shrines In Pakistan
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Author | : Mohammed Waliullah Khan |
Publisher | : Gyan Books |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Sikh gurus |
ISBN | : 9788178350134 |
This book is not merely meant to present a study of the architectural genius of the followers of Sikhism which has its roots in the areas comprising West Pakistan. The author traverses a long distance in between GURU NANAK, the founder of Sikhism and GURU GOVIND SINGH, the last Guru of Sikh community. The author clarifies to the complete satisfaction of the reader how Sikhism like Buddhism, Jainism and the other religions which spring in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent became the product of the reaction against the dominant Brahmanism and its rigid caste system. The book draws a clear picture of the positive influence of Islam on Sikhism which had spread to Iraq, Turkistan, Persia and Afghanistan and came into contact with Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and above all neo-Platonic philosophy by the time of the inception of the Sikh religion. A minutely narrated description on Sikh community s friendly association with Mughal empire and how it turned out to be a bitter political conflicts between the both makes the book more meaningful.
Author | : Dalvir Pannu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-08-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781733293709 |
The Sikh Heritage: Beyond Borders dedicates one chapter each to the 84 sites that it documents, transporting readers to the past by narrating the detailed history of each marvel that the author and his team photographed throughout Pakistan. This book is the culmination of decade-long fieldwork of finding and exploring the heritage sites, alongside analyzing multiple Janamsakhis (hagiography accounts). The author's process of doing extensive analysis and cross-referencing with other sources enables readers to comprehend Sikh history, by posing inquiries, applying critical thinking, and investigating hundreds of sources. He includes a multitude of primary sources and Gurmukhi inscriptions, translated into English, to increase local and international heritage-lovers' understanding of these sites and to help preserve their beauty and histories through his writing.
Author | : Amardeep Singh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Pakistan |
ISBN | : 9788170021155 |
Author | : G. S. Randhir |
Publisher | : Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 8123022603 |
The Sikh Gurus had a unique place amongst the spiritual leaders, precepters, reformers and saints of India. Their teachings have universal appeal and hold good in all the ages and at all times. The impact of their teachings cannot he easily fathomed. Spiritually and ethically they have influenced the life, thinking and conduct of millions.
Author | : Tarunjit Singh Butalia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-12-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781639720897 |
Memoir of author's journey to his ancestral home in English and it's Shahmukhi Panjabi translation.
Author | : Mohammad Waliullah Khan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Shrines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : W. H. McLeod |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2009-07-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0810863448 |
Contrary to popular opinion, there is more to Sikhism than the distinctive dress. First of all, there is the emergence of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, and the long line of his successors. There are the precepts, many related to liberation through the divine name or nam. There is a particularly turbulent history in which the Sikhs have fought to affirm their beliefs and resist external domination that continues to this day. There is also, more recently, the dispersion from the Punjab throughout the rest of India and on to Europe and the Americas. With this emigration Sikhism has become considerably less exotic, but hardly better known to outsiders. This reference is an excellent place to learn more about the religion. It provides a chronology of events, a brief introduction that gives a general overview of the religion, and a dictionary with several hundred entries, which present the gurus and other leaders, trace the rather complex history, expound some of the precepts and concepts, describe many of the rites and rituals, and explain the meaning of numerous related expressions. All this, along with a bibliography, provides readers with an informative and accessible guide toward understanding Sikhism.
Author | : Yogesh Snehi |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2019-04-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429515634 |
This book explores the organic lives of popular Sufi shrines in contemporary Northwest India. It traverses the worldview of shrine spaces, rituals and their complex narratives, and provides an insight into their urban and rural landscapes in the post-Partition (Indian) Punjab. What happened to these shrines when attempts were made to dissuade Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus from their veneration of popular saints in the early twentieth century? What was the fate of popular shrines that persisted even when the Muslim population was virtually wiped off as a result of migration during Partition? How did these shrines manifest in the context of the threat posed by militants in the 1980s? How did such popular practices reconfigure themselves when some important centres of Sufism were left behind in the West Punjab (now Pakistan)? This book examines several of these questions and utilizes a combination of analytical tools, new theoretical tropes and an ethnographic approach to understand and situate popular Sufi shrines so that they are both historicized and spatialized. As such, it lays out some crucial contours of the method and practice of understanding popular sacred spaces (within India and elsewhere), bridging the everyday and the metanarratives of power structures and state formation. This book will be useful to scholars, researchers and those engaged in interdisciplinary work in history, social anthropology, historical sociology, cultural studies, historical geography, religion and art history, as well as those interested in Sufism and its shrines in South Asia.
Author | : Jagjit Singh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Sikhism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Louis E. Fenech |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2014-06-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1442236019 |
Sikhism traces its beginnings to Guru Nanak, who was born in 1469 and died in 1538 or 1539. With the life of Guru Nanak the account of the Sikh faith begins, all Sikhs acknowledging him as their founder. Sikhism has long been a little-understood religion and until recently they resided almost exclusively in northwest India. Today the total number of Sikhs is approximately twenty million worldwide. About a million live outside India, constituting a significant minority in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Many of them are highly visible, particularly the men, who wear beards and turbans, and they naturally attract attention in their new countries of domicile. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Sikhism covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on key persons, organizations, the principles, precepts and practices of the religion as well as the history, culture and social arrangements. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Sikhism.