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[[Nepalis|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.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html State of neglet, the Kathmandu post]</ref> | [[Nepalis|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.<ref name="State of neglet, the Kathmandu post">[http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2013/12/28/free-the-words/state-of-neglect/257527.html State of neglet, the Kathmandu post]</ref> | ||
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[[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>[http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028 Little Punjab, Nepali Times]</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> | [[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>[http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/Nepali-Sikh-community-retaining-its-distinctive-religious-identity,1028 Little Punjab, Nepali Times]</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> | ||
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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]
Background
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]
Gurdwaras
- Kupondole, Kathmandu
- Butwal, Rupandehi
- Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha,
- Jamunaha Gaon, Banke
Notable Sikhs
- Jasaman singh sethi, zone chairmain for lions club international
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of neglet, the Kathmandu post
- ↑ Little Punjab, Nepali Times
- ↑ "Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned | SikhNet". sikhnet.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
External links
- "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.
- "http://www.learnpunjabi.org/". learnpunjabi.org. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
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