It also reminds them not to commit adultery. Kirpan Small sword Sikhs carry around this small sword to represent their duty to protect and defend their faith. It reminds Sikhs to always fight for ...

Under his son and successor, the sixth guru, Hargobind, the pacifist Sikh community began to turn militaristic. Guru Hargobind symbolically wore two swords that underscored his secular power along ...

She claimed the ban was discriminatory, as it prevented her and fellow Sikhs from carrying the small sword, known as a kirpan. Before last week, carrying knives in schools and public places was ...

In 1699, Sikhs from all over the Punjab gathered together to celebrate the local harvest festival of Vaisakhi. The tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh, came out of a tent carrying a sword. He asked ...

It is only in this temple that priests carry kirpan, the Sikh sword. Ideally, the kirpan should be carried by all Sikhs, a people considered to have a warrior heritage. Mr Man Mohan Singh ...