The orders and sects within Sikhism. All hold to the one God, the ten Gurus and the authority of the Guru Granth Sahib as living Guru; the divisions concern discipline, rites, and whether the line of human Gurus is held to have continued.
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Origins
Whose Classification This IsThe boundary of the Sikh community was fixed in print and in law in the early twentieth century, by the Singh Sabha reform movement and by the gurdwara reform legislation of 1925. The categories in use today follow from that settlement rather than preceding it. 2 Overview
What Defines This GroupingOrders and movements within Sikhism, differing over discipline, over rites, and over whether the line of human Gurus is held to have continued. All hold to the one God, the ten Gurus and the authority of the Guru Granth Sahib as living Guru. 2 Learn More
Traditions within Sikhism
This small group holds movements and sects within Sikhism, the religion founded in the Punjab by Guru Nanak and shaped by the ten Gurus and the scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib. The mainstream is defined by allegiance to that scripture as the living Guru and by the practices established by the Khalsa.
The browser will find the sects and reform movements that have arisen within the tradition. The entries describe each in relation to mainstream Khalsa Sikhism, noting where a group's teachings or leadership have set it apart.
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab (New Cambridge History of India II.3)
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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