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'''Sanatan Sikh''', a term and formulation coined by [[Harjot Oberoi]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Grewal |first1=J. S. |title=W.H. McLeod and Sikh Studies |journal=Journal of Punjab Studies |date=2010 |volume=17 |issue=1–2 |pages=125, 142 |url=https://punjab.global.ucsb.edu/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.gisp.d7_sp/files/sitefiles/journals/volume17/JPS_17_nos_1-2_Grewal.pdf |accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref> referred to conservative Sikhs who formed a faction during the [[Singh Sabha Movement]] in 1873.<ref name="fenech273">{{cite book|author1=Louis E. Fenech|author2=W. H. McLeod|title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism|date=11 June 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&q=Historical+Dictionary+of+Sikhism+sanatan+sikh&pg=PA273|isbn=978-1-4422-3601-1|page=273}}</ref> They campaigned for an inclusive interpretation that accepted a wide range of beliefs drawn from [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]].<ref name="fenech273"/> The Amritsar Singh Sabha was led by [[Khem Singh Bedi]], Avtar Singh Vahiria and others. Sanatan Sikhs accept beliefs and practices such as the belief in the teachings of the [[Veda]]s and [[Purana]]s, Hindu epics and [[Sufi]] Pirs.<ref name="fenech273"/><ref name="SinghFenech2014p28"/><ref>{{cite book|author=Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair|title=Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdhLAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|year=2013|publisher=Bloomsburg Academic|isbn=978-1-4411-0231-7|pages=85–86}}</ref> They also were tolerant to the use of idols and images of Sikh Gurus as well as other icons within Gurdwaras. Instead of treating the scripture as the only guru, Sanatan Sikh campaigned for acceptability of living gurus to guide those Sikhs who seek one which resulted in Khem Singh Bedi considering himself the Guru.<ref name="SinghFenech2014p28"/> The main text of the Sanatan Sikh was [[Dasam Granth]] created by Guru Gobindsinhji Maharaj.<ref name="tambiah">{{cite book|author1=Stanley J. Tambiah|title=Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society)|date=3 January 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WEKZHVKZ-cC&q=leveling+crowds+sanatan+sikhs&pg=PA154|isbn=978-0520206427|page=154}}</ref> Amid factional rivalry, the influence of the dominant [[Tat Khalsa]] ("pure, true Khalsa")<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Britannica Guide to India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbqbAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA187|year=2009|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59339-847-7|page=187}}</ref> resulted in the decline of Sanatan Sikhs.<ref name="fenech273"/><ref name="SinghFenech2014p28">{{cite book|author1=Pashaura Singh|author2=Louis E. Fenech|title=The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8I0NAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28|year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-969930-8|pages=28–29, 73–76}}</ref><ref name="Oberoi1994">{{cite book|author=Harjot Oberoi|title=The Construction of Religious Boundaries: Culture, Identity, and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKl84EYFkTsC&pg=PA382|date=1994|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-61593-6|pages=382–}}</ref><br />
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