1. Mata Tripta Ji
(Biographies/Gurus Family Members)

... of constant aggravation. Her son, Nanak, questioned the authority of the Brahmin priests, refused to wear the holy thread, and rejected the validity of the caste system. Mata Tripta did not understand ...

2. Operation Bluestar: A Juristic View
(Sikh History/Operation Bluestar)

... Provisions of this Act, if examined threadbare may expose the Government for its false claims. The Armed Forces in Punjab were called by the Governor in aid of civil administration and armed forces had ...

3. Sikh View Of Other Faiths
(Sikh Way of Life/Sikh Principles)

... Siri Guru Granth Sahib tells us: "Those who wear three-and-a-half yard long loincloths and triple sacred threads, have rosaries around their necks and polished vessels in their hands, should ...

4. Nishan Sahib
(Sikh Way of Life/Sikh Symbols)

... or the needlework may be done with black thread. Anyone symbol out of the two, will be sufficient to convey that it represents the Sikhs. Both these symbols are also put on the letterheads, ...

5. Sundri
(Sikh Literature/Sundri)

... Sham Singh appealed forcefully. But the Brahmins were adamant. "This can never be. The Hindu 'dharma' is like a thin thread, easily broken. You do realize that once a fruit has been taken from the ...

6. Sacha Achar
(Sikh Way of Life/Sikh Principles)

... the cotton, contentment the thread, continence the knot and truth the twist. This is the sacred thread of the soul and if you have it, O Brahman, then put it on me.” dieAw kpwh sMqoKu sUqu ...

7. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji
(Sikh Gurus/Sikh Gurus)

... SACRED THREAD COBRA SERVES THE DIVINE MASTER GURU SITS IN SECLUSION  ...

8. Foundation of Amritsar
(Sikh History/Historical Events)

... introduced the larger width of 2,400 thread for a cloth of his choice. The usual width was of 2,000 threads. The dyres and weavers had their own kuchas: Kucha-i-Patrangan and Kuch-i-Bafandan. Manufacture ...

9. Anand Sanskar : (Sikh Matrimonial Ceremony and Conventions)
(Sikh Way of Life/Sikh Ceremonies)

... find suitable by mutual consultation should be fixed. h. Putting on floral or gilded face ornamentation, decorative headgear or red thread band round the wrist, worshipping of ancestors, dipping feet ...

10. Chaupa Singh Rahit-nama p5
(Sikh Way of Life/Sikh Rehat Maryada)

...  A Gursikh must not wear either a sacred thread or a frontal mark. He must never offer prayers at any tomb, cenotaph, or sacred pool, nor at a shrine dedicated to Gugga Pir. He should not worship at ...