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The Cherished Five in Sikh History (Hardcover)
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The Cherished Five in Sikh History (Hardcover)
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On the 30th of March, 1699, the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh called
together a special assembly at the Keshgarh Fort at Anandpur.
Following the morning devotions, the Guru asked for a volunteer,
saying, "The entire sangat is very dear to me; but is there a
devoted Sikh who will give his head to me here and now? A need has
arisen at this moment which calls for a head." One man arose and
followed the Guru out of the room. When the Guru returned to the
assembly with a bloodied sword, he asked for another volunteer.
Another man followed. This was repeated three more times, until at
last the Guru emerged with a clean sword and all five men alive and
well. Those five volunteers would become the first disciples of the
Khalsa, the martial community within the Sikh religion, and would
come to be known as the Panj Piare, or the Cherished Five. Despite
the centrality of this group to modern Sikhism, scholarship on the
Panj Piare has remained sparse. Louis Fenech's new book examines
the Khalsa and the role that the the Panj Piare have had in the
development of the Sikh faith over the past three centuries.
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