Sikh practices

Gurdwara

• sikh place of worship

• meeting point for the sangat

Palki

• Dome covering the GGS

• Covering of the GGS

Takht

• Throne the GGS sits on

• Raised platform for the GGS

GGS 305:5

• Rules for prayer at home

• Worship at home guidelines

Akhand path

• 48 hour reading of the GGS

• continuous reading of the GGS

Langar

• Free kitchen

• Expression of equality in the gurdwara

Nam japna

• Act of meditating on the name of God

• One of guru nanaks three principles

Vaisakhi

Festival celebrating the formation of the khalsa

Celebration of guru gobind singh

Diwali

• Festival celebrating the freedom of the 52 hindu rajas

• celebrating of guru hargobind promoting justice

Gurpurbs

• Festival celebrating the Gurus

• celebration of the birth or the death of a guru

Harimandir sahib

• Golden temple

• place of sikh pilgrimage

Birth ceremony

• welcoming a baby to sikh family

• ritual for when a baby is born

Naming ceremony

• Where a baby receives their name

• Ritual for the baby being named at the gurdwara

Amrit sankar ceremony

• ceremony to join the khalsa

• sikh baptism (initiation)

Khalsa sikh

• Amritdhari sikh

• khalsa sikh

5 Ks

• symbols of sikh identity

• symbols worn by khalsa sikhs

sahajdhari sikh

• A sikh who has not been baptised

• A sikh who has not taken Amrit

Amritdhari sikh

• khalsa sikh

• a baptised sikh

Singh

• Surname for sikh men

• meaning lion

Kaur

Surname for sikh women

Meaning princess