Nanakpanthi - Revision history

->MehmoodS: Good faith revert, referenced with historians research on population in Pakistan but overall population throughout the world is unclear.

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-[[File:Guru Nanak Dev ji standing in the midst of devotees - Unknown, Sikh School - Google Cultural Institute.jpg|thumb|Guru Nanak dev ji along with his devotees]] '''Nanakpanthi'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/b2901086x_0003|title=A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province : based on the census report for the Punjab, 1883 vol 3|last=Rose|first=H. A. (Horace Arthur)|last2=Ibbetson|first2=Denzil|last3=Maclagan|first3=Edward|date=1911|publisher=Lahore : Printed by the superintendent, Government printing, Punjab|others=Wellcome Library|pages=[https://archive.org/details/b2901086x_0003/page/152 152]}}</ref> ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਨਾਨਕਪੰਥੀ )is a follower of the teachings of [[Guru Nanak]] (1469-1539), the foundational guru of a spiritual community natively known to as Nanakpanth while known world-wide as [[Sikhism]]. Nanakpanth is an open frontier that references strongly an early Sikh community, and which it cannot be cordoned by the modern signifiers Sikhism and Hinduism.
+{{Short description|Religious community in Pakistan and India}}
-Today a large fraction of the [[Sindhi Hindu]]s consider themselves not simply as Sikhs, but more precisely as Nanakpanthi, both in Pakistan<ref>[https://dailytimes.com.pk/51488/struggling-to-revive-gurmukhi/  Struggling to revive Gurmukhi, Amar Guriro, Express Tribune, OCTOBER 18, 2016]</ref> and in India. They generally do not sport beards or wear a turban (i.e. are [[sahajdhari]]) unlike [[Khalsa|Amritdhari Sikhs]].<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/etpb-could-disbar-non-sikh-pilgrims-from-visiting-gurdwaras-in-pakistan/articleshow/63933800.cms  ETPB could disbar non-Sikh pilgrims from visiting gurdwaras in Pakistan, Times of India,  Apr 27, 2018]</ref> Even in the 1881 and 1891 Indian censuses, the Sindhi Hindu community could not decide to collectively identify as Hindu or Sikh.<ref>Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River - ''Alice Albinia'' {{ISBN|978-1-84854-786-5}}</ref> In the later 1911 Census Report, [[Shahpur District]] ([[Punjab]]) reported that 12,539 Hindus (being 20 percent of the total Hindu population) identified as Nanakpanthi along with 9,016 Sikhs (being 22 percent of the total Sikh population).<ref>[[A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province]], Vol. 1</ref> There is no data for specific number of Nanak followers but they have been estimated to be about 800,000 in Pakistan, to be 140 million in India, and of the order of 150 million in the world.<ref name=Goyal/><ref>https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/navjot-singh-sidhu-misquotes-sikh-population-as-14-crores-in-his-speech-at-kartarpurs-inauguration</ref><ref>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jalandhar/-sikligar-sikhs-in-mp-face-safety-issues-399431</ref> Karnail Singh Panjoli, member, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, says that there are several communities within the term ‘Nanakpanthis’ too. Apart from Sindhi Hindus, “There are groups like Sikhligarh, Vanjaarey, Nirmaley, Lubaney, Johri, Satnamiye, Udaasiyas, Punjabi Hindus etc who call themselves Nanakpanthis despite being Hindus. They along with [[Bhagavad gita]] follow Nanak and [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]]. Within India, they are spread across states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana among others,”.<ref name=Goyal>https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-who-are-nanak-naam-lewa-and-why-kartarpur-corridor-cant-be-limited-to-sikhs-6100351/lite/</ref><ref>https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/navjot-singh-sidhu-misquotes-sikh-population-as-14-crores-in-his-speech-at-kartarpurs-inauguration</ref><ref>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jalandhar/-sikligar-sikhs-in-mp-face-safety-issues-399431</ref>
+Today a large fraction of the [[Sindhi Hindu]]s and [[Muslims]], consider themselves not simply as Sikhs, but more precisely as Nanakpanthi, both in Pakistan<ref>[https://dailytimes.com.pk/51488/struggling-to-revive-gurmukhi/  Struggling to revive Gurmukhi, Amar Guriro, Express Tribune, OCTOBER 18, 2016]</ref> and in India. Strands of Nanakpanthi culture exists in Pakistan and Afghanistan including Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and remote areas of Punjab province.<ref name=Goyal /> They generally do not sport beards or wear a turban unlike [[Khalsa|Amritdhari Sikhs]].<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/etpb-could-disbar-non-sikh-pilgrims-from-visiting-gurdwaras-in-pakistan/articleshow/63933800.cms  ETPB could disbar non-Sikh pilgrims from visiting gurdwaras in Pakistan, Times of India,  Apr 27, 2018]</ref> Even in the 1881 and 1891 Indian censuses, the Sindhi Hindu community could not decide to collectively identify as Hindu or Sikh.<ref>Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River - ''Alice Albinia'' {{ISBN|978-1-84854-786-5}}</ref> In the later 1911 Census Report, [[Shahpur District]] ([[Punjab]]) reported that 12,539 Hindus (being 20 percent of the total Hindu population) identified as Nanakpanthi along with 9,016 Sikhs (being 22 percent of the total Sikh population).<ref>[[A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province]], Vol. 1</ref> There is no data for the specific number of Nanakpanthis. Karnail Singh Panjoli, member, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, says that there are several communities within the term ‘Nanakpanthis’ too. There are groups like Sikhligarh, Vanjaarey, Nirmaley, Lubaney, Johri, Satnamiye, Udaasiyas, Punjabi Hindus, Punjabi Muslims, etc who call themselves Nanakpanthis. They along with their religious affiliated books, follow and incorporate the teachings of Guru Nanak. Within India, some Nanakpanthis are also spread across states like Assam, Bihar, Tripura, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana.”<ref name=Goyal>https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-who-are-nanak-naam-lewa-and-why-kartarpur-corridor-cant-be-limited-to-sikhs-6100351/lite/</ref><ref>https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/navjot-singh-sidhu-misquotes-sikh-population-as-14-crores-in-his-speech-at-kartarpurs-inauguration</ref><ref>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jalandhar/-sikligar-sikhs-in-mp-face-safety-issues-399431</ref>
-From its early times the Nanakpanthi community extended far beyond Punjab and Sindh. [[Maghar, India|Maghar]], a town in [[Uttar Pradesh]] has a high proportion of Nanakpanthis.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110508/punjab.htm Nanak Kuan gets a gurdwara - Sunday, May 8, 2011, ''The Tribune, Chandigarh'']</ref>
+Worldwide there are estimated 30 million [[Khalsa]] Sikhs who solely identify their religious affiliation as "Sikh".<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/05/us/religion-what-is-a-sikh/index.html</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-50374567</ref> However, there are in addition many millions of people across the world who also venerate the 10 Sikh Gurus and the Guru Granth Sahib.
-Worldwide there are nearly 30 million [[Khalsa]] Sikhs who follows the 5 Ks strictly and tied turban having long hair with beard.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-50374567</ref> However, there are in addition roughly 120–150 million (12–15 crore) Nanak Naam Lewas people (also known as Nankpanthi) across the world who also believe in 10 Sikh Gurus and Guru Granth Sahib.<ref>{{cite web | last=Goyal | first=Divya | title=Explained: Who are Nanak Naam Lewa, and why Kartarpur Corridor can't be limited to Sikhs | website=The Indian Express | date=2019-11-10 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-who-are-nanak-naam-lewa-and-why-kartarpur-corridor-cant-be-limited-to-sikhs-6100351/ | access-date=2020-11-30}}</ref>
+Various number of tribes/sects in India follow  the teachings of Guru Nanak and visit gurudwaras along with worshipping Hindu deities at [[mandirs]]. The Indian government considers them as Hindus in the official census.
 ==See also==
 * [[Sadh Belo]]
 ==References==

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[[File:Guru Nanak Dev ji standing in the midst of devotees - Unknown, Sikh School - Google Cultural Institute.jpg|thumb|Guru Nanak dev ji along with his devotees]] '''Nanakpanthi'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/b2901086x_0003|title=A glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province : based on the census report for the Punjab, 1883 vol 3|last=Rose|first=H. A. (Horace Arthur)|last2=Ibbetson|first2=Denzil|last3=Maclagan|first3=Edward|date=1911|publisher=Lahore : Printed by the superintendent, Government printing, Punjab|others=Wellcome Library|pages=[https://archive.org/details/b2901086x_0003/page/152 152]}}</ref> ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਨਾਨਕਪੰਥੀ )is a follower of the teachings of [[Guru Nanak]] (1469-1539), the foundational guru of a spiritual community natively known to as Nanakpanth while known world-wide as [[Sikhism]]. Nanakpanth is an open frontier that references strongly an early Sikh community, and which it cannot be cordoned by the modern signifiers Sikhism and Hinduism.

Today a large fraction of the [[Sindhi Hindu]]s consider themselves not simply as Sikhs, but more precisely as Nanakpanthi, both in Pakistan<ref>[https://dailytimes.com.pk/51488/struggling-to-revive-gurmukhi/ Struggling to revive Gurmukhi, Amar Guriro, Express Tribune, OCTOBER 18, 2016]</ref> and in India. They generally do not sport beards or wear a turban (i.e. are [[sahajdhari]]) unlike [[Khalsa|Amritdhari Sikhs]].<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/etpb-could-disbar-non-sikh-pilgrims-from-visiting-gurdwaras-in-pakistan/articleshow/63933800.cms ETPB could disbar non-Sikh pilgrims from visiting gurdwaras in Pakistan, Times of India, Apr 27, 2018]</ref> Even in the 1881 and 1891 Indian censuses, the Sindhi Hindu community could not decide to collectively identify as Hindu or Sikh.<ref>Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River - ''Alice Albinia'' {{ISBN|978-1-84854-786-5}}</ref> In the later 1911 Census Report, [[Shahpur District]] ([[Punjab]]) reported that 12,539 Hindus (being 20 percent of the total Hindu population) identified as Nanakpanthi along with 9,016 Sikhs (being 22 percent of the total Sikh population).<ref>[[A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province]], Vol. 1</ref> There is no data for specific number of Nanak followers but they have been estimated to be about 800,000 in Pakistan, to be 140 million in India, and of the order of 150 million in the world.<ref name=Goyal/><ref>https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/navjot-singh-sidhu-misquotes-sikh-population-as-14-crores-in-his-speech-at-kartarpurs-inauguration</ref><ref>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jalandhar/-sikligar-sikhs-in-mp-face-safety-issues-399431</ref> Karnail Singh Panjoli, member, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, says that there are several communities within the term ‘Nanakpanthis’ too. Apart from Sindhi Hindus, “There are groups like Sikhligarh, Vanjaarey, Nirmaley, Lubaney, Johri, Satnamiye, Udaasiyas, Punjabi Hindus etc who call themselves Nanakpanthis despite being Hindus. They along with [[Bhagavad gita]] follow Nanak and [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]]. Within India, they are spread across states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana among others,”.<ref name=Goyal>https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-who-are-nanak-naam-lewa-and-why-kartarpur-corridor-cant-be-limited-to-sikhs-6100351/lite/</ref><ref>https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/navjot-singh-sidhu-misquotes-sikh-population-as-14-crores-in-his-speech-at-kartarpurs-inauguration</ref><ref>https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jalandhar/-sikligar-sikhs-in-mp-face-safety-issues-399431</ref>

From its early times the Nanakpanthi community extended far beyond Punjab and Sindh. [[Maghar, India|Maghar]], a town in [[Uttar Pradesh]] has a high proportion of Nanakpanthis.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110508/punjab.htm Nanak Kuan gets a gurdwara - Sunday, May 8, 2011, ''The Tribune, Chandigarh'']</ref>

Worldwide there are nearly 30 million [[Khalsa]] Sikhs who follows the 5 Ks strictly and tied turban having long hair with beard.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-50374567</ref> However, there are in addition roughly 120–150 million (12–15 crore) Nanak Naam Lewas people (also known as Nankpanthi) across the world who also believe in 10 Sikh Gurus and Guru Granth Sahib.<ref>{{cite web | last=Goyal | first=Divya | title=Explained: Who are Nanak Naam Lewa, and why Kartarpur Corridor can't be limited to Sikhs | website=The Indian Express | date=2019-11-10 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-who-are-nanak-naam-lewa-and-why-kartarpur-corridor-cant-be-limited-to-sikhs-6100351/ | access-date=2020-11-30}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Sadh Belo]]

==References==
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