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    Amrit Sanskar (Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੰਸਕਾਰ, romanized: Amrita sasakāra, pronunciation: [ãːmɾʱɪt̪ sә̃nskäːɚ], lit. ‘nectar ceremony’) also called Amrit Parchar...
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    taken Amrit and keeps all five Ks is known as Khalsa ('pure') or Amritdhari Sikh ('Amrit Sanskar participant'), while a Sikh who has not taken Amrit but...
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  • text. Antam Sanskar (Gurmukhi: ਅੰਤਮ ਸੰਸਕਾਰ atama sasakāra) refers to the funeral rites in Sikhism. Antam (or Antim) means "final", while sanskar means "rite"...
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    Carpe Omnia ('seize everything') theme for the upcoming sports season. Amrit Sanskar Damdami Taksal Dumalla Gatka Shastar Vidya Langar Jhatka Lohgarh (Bilaspur)...
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    take the middle name Kaur alongside their given first name. Amrit Sanskar (also called Amrit Sanchar), "Ambrosia Rite" ― the Sikh rite of initiation (sometimes...
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    convictions of the wearer. They vary in size and a Sikh who has undergone the Amrit Sanskar ceremony of initiation may carry more than one; the Kirpans must be...
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    phase in the Sikh tradition. It formulated an initiation ceremony (amrit sanskar, nectar ceremony) and rules of conduct for the Khalsa warriors. It created...
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    in the original Akal Takht depicting a woman appending sugar crystals to Amrit during the Vaisakhi events of 1699 depicts Mata Jito, not Mata Sahib Devan...
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    that the Kesh as a symbol was given to the Khalsa by Durga at the 1699 Amrit Sanskar, implying the adorning of the kesh as her symbol. Kesh was such an important...
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    Amrit Velā (Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲਾ, pronunciation: [əmɾɪt̪ᵊ ʋeːläː], lit. 'never ending time') does not refer to a specific time. According to the pahar...
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