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Why Guru Nanak's Journeys Are Remembered as the Udasis

The word itself is the first clue. Udasi comes from the Sanskrit root meaning to go out, to rise away from, to become indifferent to what holds ordinary life in place. In Punjabi devotional usage it carries a second meaning alongside the first: a kind of sorrowful longing, the ache…

MyLifeXP · Nov 10

How the Guru Granth Sahib Is Carried and Put to Rest Each Night

There is a moment each evening in every Gurdwara when the hall, however full it has been, quiets to a particular kind of attention. The Guru Granth Sahib, the eternal, living Guru of the Sikhs, is about to be taken from the Takht, the throne on which it rests during…

MyLifeXP · Nov 10

Why We Say Baba Bholenath But Never Baba Krishna

We have grown up calling Lord Shiva Baba Bholenath. But have you ever wondered why we use the word Baba for Shiva and not for Lord Vishnu, Lord Rama or Lord Krishna? After all, Krishna himself describes himself as the father of the universe in the Bhagavad Gita. So, what…

MyLifeXP · Nov 5

Indian Sikh Pilgrims Enter Pakistan — First Crossing Since May Conflict Sparks Hope

More than 2,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims cross the Pakistan border for Gurpurab, marking the first major border reopening since the May conflict.

International Business Times UK · Nov 5, 2025

Sikh leaders urge India to lift ban on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan shrine

Sikh community leaders are urging New Delhi to lift a ban recently imposed on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan to visit the shrine of Guru Nanak, the founder of their faith

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Thousands of Indian Sikhs visit the shrine of the founder of their religion to mark his birthday

Thousands of Sikh pilgrims from India and around the world are thronging a shrine to the founder of the Sikh religion, Guru Nanak, in Pakistan to commemorate his birth

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2024

From Khalistan to tourism dollars: Pakistan’s love-hate ties with its Sikhs

How the separatist Khalistan movement paved the way for the preservation of Sikh gurdwaras in Pakistan.

Al Jazeera · Nov 25, 2023

Tracing the history of Sikhs in Vijayawada

Sikhs in Vijayawada, India, have a long history of displacement due to partition in 1947. Paramjeet Singh and his family, along with 45 other Sikh families, settled in the city and established businesses in the transport sector. They found the city peaceful and less crowded than Delhi, and the rents…

The Hindu · Oct 14, 2023

Arunachal locals hurt by Sikh claim on medieval Buddhist shrine

On April 24, the National Commission for Minorities sought a detailed report from the Arunachal Pradesh government over the claim of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) that a historical site associated with Guru Nanak Dev in Mechukha had been converted into a Buddhist shrine.

The Hindu · Apr 28, 2023

NCM seeks report from Arunachal Pradesh Government regarding conversion of gurdwara into Buddhist site

Responding to the allegation of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee that the historic gurdwara associated with Guru Nanak Dev in Mechuka, Arunachal Pradesh, has been converted into a Buddhist temple, the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) on Monday has sought a detailed report from the State’s Chief Secretary

The Hindu · Apr 24, 2023