These were represented by the double-edged sword (khanda) that can be seen on the Sikh flag (Nishan-Sahib). Recently, the colour of the Sikh flag was standardised. The saffron colour (kesri ...

It also reminds them not to commit adultery. Kirpan Small sword Sikhs carry around this small sword to represent their duty to protect and defend their faith. It reminds Sikhs to always fight for ...

Under his son and successor, the sixth guru, Hargobind, the pacifist Sikh community began to turn militaristic. Guru Hargobind symbolically wore two swords that underscored his secular power along ...

In 1699, Sikhs from all over the Punjab gathered together to celebrate the local harvest festival of Vaisakhi. The tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh, came out of a tent carrying a sword. He asked ...

It is only in this temple that priests carry kirpan, the Sikh sword. Ideally, the kirpan should be carried by all Sikhs, a people considered to have a warrior heritage. Mr Man Mohan Singh ...

was presented with a 100-year-old sword made from special alloy by the community. The sacred weapons of the 10 Sikh Gurus and the Shaheed Singhs or Sikh martyrs were specially flown in from Punjab ...

Vaisakhi had been a harvest festival but took on a greater significance for Sikhs in 1699 when, in the Punjab region, Guru Gobind Singh, brandished a sword before his followers and asked anyone ...

and Kirpan (steel sword). Unlike Hinduism, Sikhs have no caste system. Some Sikhs got into our politics, like Makhan Singh, the father of trade unions in Kenya, who was jailed in Lokitaung Prison ...

Gatka, the traditional Sikh martial art, is a key highlight of Hola Mohalla. It features swift sword movements, coordinated ...

the sixth of the 10 Sikh Gurus, as well as Sahibzada Fateh Singh, Shaheed Baba Deep Singh, Baba Phoola Singh Akali, and Baba Jassa Singh Ramgarhia. The collection includes swords, khanjars ...