A Martial Tradition
From Guru Hargobind's doctrine of miri-piri onward, Sikhi has held together the spiritual and the martial — a heritage that survives in the Nihang orders and in gatka.
From Guru Hargobind’s doctrine of miri-piri onward, Sikhi has held together the spiritual and the martial. That heritage survives in the Akali Nihang orders and in gatka, the Sikh martial art demonstrated each year at Hola Mohalla in Anandpur.1,2,3
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- Eleanor Nesbitt. Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press (2005). no page given yet
- W. Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi. The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. no page given yet standard academic reference on Sikh belief and practice
- Khushwant Singh. A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469–1839. Oxford University Press (2004). no page given yet
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Sikhism.