Some differences include the reading of Ragmala after Akhand Path and not eating meat, fish, and eggs.
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The Damdami Taksal have their own Sikh Code of Conduct, the Gurmat Rehat Maryada, which differs from the Rehat Maryada published by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee. In July 2017, Taksal chief Baba Harnam Singh Khalsa was hailed as the successor to Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale by the SPGC. though some members of SGPC and Akali factions accepted Baba Harnam Singh Khalsa as the successor. After the death of Baba Thakur Singh, the leadership of Taksal was handed over to Baba Ram Singh Khalsa by the senior leadership and members of Taksal in January 2005.
īaba Thakur Singh Bhindranwale took over his Taksal when Jarnail Singh was killed in 1984 by the military assault on Harmander Sahib, referred to as Operation Bluestar. In 1977, after the death of Sant Kartar Singh, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale became the head of Damdami Taksal. Sant Kartar Singh established Gurdwara Gurdarshan Parkash at Mehta, Amritsar. Sant Sunder Singh was succeeded by Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa in 1930, after whom Sant Kartar Singh Bhindranwale continued his work in 1961. Part of this strategy was to have a Rehat Maryada i.e. Leadership ĭuring British Colonial rule, Sunder Singh Bhindranwale set about purging diversity in Sikh doctrine, ritual and practice, hoping to have a uniform Sikh community.
The Damdami Taksal was first brought to wider national attention by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale during the 1978 Sikh–Nirankari clashes, the Anandpur Resolution, the Dharam Yudh Morcha of 1982, and later the Khalistan movement and insurgency. The dispute was about who was the leader and who had the greater authority over the Sikh people, the Guru Granth Sahib or Indira Gandhi. This was the starting point of tensions between Damdami Taksal and the Central Government under Congress. In 1975, a large event to commemorate the 300th anniversary martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur was attended by Indira Gandhi and Kartar Singh Khalsa. The Damdami Taksal also had a history of dispute with the Indian government, as a previous leader, Kartar Singh Khalsa, had been a severe critic of the excesses of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency rule. The influence of Bhindran Taksal is attested by the fact that its alumni include the mukkh granthī (chief reader of Sikh scriptures) at the Golden Temple, jathedārs of various Sikh takhts, and granthīs of major gurdwaras. ĭuring much of the mid-1900s, Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa was a prominent sant teaching a large number of students and remains an influential figure. When he died in 1969 he was succeeded by two contenders, Giani Mohan Singh (1919-2020), leading the original Bhindrāṅ Kalāṅ branch in Ludhiana and Sant Kartar Singh Khalsa (1932-1977), leading the Mehtā branch in Amritsar district. He trained a large number of gianīs, traditional Sikh scholars, through his mobile seminary. He devoted his entire life to teaching the enunciation and intonation in reciting the Sikh scriptures. It achieved prominence through its second incumbent, Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa (1902-1969) of Bhindran Kalan, hence its name. Although, this Taksal was established in 1906 by Sant Sundar Singh (1883-1930) of Boparai Kalan in Ludhiana. It is actually a branch of a major school of traditional Sikh learning known as the Bhindrāṅ Ṭaksāl which is based Mehta. The main center of the present-day Damdami Taksal (Jatha Bhindran-Mehta) is located at Gurdwārā Gurdarshan Parkāsh in Mehta, Amritsar.
' mint') refers to an education institute which is a community of students who associate themselves with a particular sant (lit. Damdamā Sahib was considered to be the highest seat of learning for the Sikhs during the 18th century, and Damdami Taksal claims direct historical ties to Guru Gobind Singh, who entrusted it with the responsibility of teaching the reading ( santhyā), analysis ( vichār) and recitation of the Sikh scriptures, and Baba Deep Singh. That year, Guru Gobind Singh is said to have founded a distinguished school of exegesis, later headed up by Baba Deep Singh. "breathing place"), and is now the site of Takht Sri Damdamā Sahib.
This acted as a damdamā, or halting place (lit. In 1706, after the Battle of Muktsar, the army of Guru Gobind Singh camped at Sabo Ki Talwandi. The line of leaders of the Damdami Taksal