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Namdhari Sikhs - Their Changing Social & Cultural Landscape (Hardcover)
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Namdhari Sikhs - Their Changing Social & Cultural Landscape (Hardcover)
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For the first time a serious attempt has been made to understand
the social background of the Namdhari Sikhs of Punjab; their
demographic and occupational changes and beliefs and practices. The
study shows that the Namdhari Sikhs primarily came from the
agricultural and artisan classes ever since the inception of the
Kuka Movement in the late nineteenth century. Since then the people
of other occupational castes have also responded to the Namdhari
mission. The study has identified eighteen occupational castes of
the Namdhari Sikhs. Among these, the Jat and Ramgharia Sikhs are in
majority. The study analyses the variations in the proportionate
representation of each occupational caste and its status in the
administrative hierarchy of this community during a period of 150
years. It also examines the impact of primary variables, like
Partition of Punjab (1947), creation of Indo-Pakistan Border, Green
Revolution, industrial developments and Terrorist Movement in
Punjab, on the processes of migration and resettlement of the
Namdhari Sikhs, their caste-wise occupational diversification and
class differentiation and rise of new classes. These developments
posed serious challenges to the Namdhari leadership. In addition to
the above, the study examines the Namdhari concepts of
embodied-guru, nam-simran, structure of rituals, dowry-free mass
marriages, food taboos and dress code. The study highlights that
the religious orientation of the Namdhari Sikhs has strengthened
them spiritually and morally to withstand those social evils that
affect most Punjabis.The study is based upon a random survey of
1545 Namdhari families of eighteen districts of Punjab, as well as
primary and secondary sources.
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