7/2/2023 0 Comments Amrit sikhiwikiKhande di Pahul (Amrit ceremony) was initiated in the times of Guru Gobind Singh when Khalsa was inaugurated at Sri Anandpur Sahib on the day of Baisakhi in 1699. The Guru would guide the Sikhs about the Sikh teachings and instruct them to adopt them as a way of life. The water was poured on Guru's toe and then the devotees would drink it and seek blessings of the Guru. When the Guru was not present, the masands or the local sangat leaders officiated. During that time-period, the neophytes poured water over Guru's toe to be initiated into the fold. During that time-period, this ceremony was known as Charan Amrit or Charan Phul or the Pag Pahul, the words Charan and Pag both signifying the foot of the teacher. This practice has been in existence since the times of Guru Nanak Dev (1469 - 1539). In Sikhism, the baptised Sikh is also called an Amritdhari, literally meaning Amrit Taker or one who has ‘Taken on Amrit’. The word Pahul or Puhul is a derivative from a substantive, "pahu" - meaning an agent which brightens, accelerates or sharpens the potentialities of a given object. Amrit Sanchar ("nectar ceremony" also called Amrit sanskar, Amrit Parchar, or Khande di Pahul), is the name given in the Sikh tradition to the Baptism ceremony which is also known as the initiation ceremony into the Khalsa "brotherhood".
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |