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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
[[Guru Nanak|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref> | [[Guru Nanak|Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bali|first=Meghna|title=Little punjab {{!}} Nepali Times Buzz {{!}} Nepali Times|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028|access-date=2021-05-14|website=archive.nepalitimes.com}}</ref> It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.<ref name="sikhnet">{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned | SikhNet|publisher=sikhnet.com|access-date=2014-09-14}}</ref> | ||
Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/> | Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani [[Jind Kaur]], the youngest wife of Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]], managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post"/> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html|title=State of neglect | Free the Words | :: The Kathmandu Post ::|publisher=ekantipur.com|access-date=2014-09-14}} | *{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html|title=State of neglect | Free the Words | :: The Kathmandu Post ::|publisher=ekantipur.com|access-date=2014-09-14}} | ||
*{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned | SikhNet|publisher=sikhnet.com|access-date=2014-09-14}} | *{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sacred-well-kathmandu-gurdwara-cleaned|title=Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned | SikhNet|publisher=sikhnet.com|access-date=2014-09-14}} | ||
*{{cite web|url | *{{cite web|url=http://www.learnpunjabi.org/|publisher=learnpunjabi.org|access-date=2014-09-14}} | ||
{{Religion in Nepal}} | {{Religion in Nepal}} | ||
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Neapalese Sikhs first entered Nepal in the 18th century. Today, there is a small community of Sikhs living in Nepal, totaling around 7,000 people according to the 2011 census.[1]
BackgroundEdit
Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.[2] It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.[3]
Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani Jind Kaur, the youngest wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.[1]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of neglet, the Kathmandu post
- ↑ Bali, Meghna. "Little punjab | Nepali Times Buzz | Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ↑ "Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned | SikhNet". sikhnet.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
External linksEdit
- "State of neglect | Free the Words | :: The Kathmandu Post ::". ekantipur.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- "Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned | SikhNet". sikhnet.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- . learnpunjabi.org http://www.learnpunjabi.org/. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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