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Namdhari
Vishav Namdhari Sangat
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Nickname
Kuka
Formation
April 1812
Founder
Satguru Balak Singh
Founded at
Bank of the Haron river
Type
Sect of Sikhism
Headquarters
Bhaini Sahib, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Membership
Claim to number between 5 and 10 lakhs (500,000-1 million), consisting primarily of Jat, Ramgarhia, Arora, and Mazhabi castes.[1]
Official language
Punjabi
Current Guru
Satguru Uday Singh
Key people
H.S. Hanspal (president of Namdhari Darbar)
Main organ
Sri Bhaini Sahib
Secessions
International Namdhari Sangat
Website
https://sribhainisahib.com/
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The Namdharis (Gurmukhi: ਨਾਮਧਾਰੀ; Devanagari: नामधारी; nāmadhārī, meaning "bearers of the name"), also known as Kuka and Kukaism[2] (Gurmukhi: ਕੂਕਾ; kūkā [sg]; ਕੂਕੇ; kūkē [pl]: from Punjabi kuk, “scream” or “cry”),[3] are a Sikh sect that differs from mainstream Sikhs chiefly in that it believes that the lineage of Sikh Gurus did not end with Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), as they recognize Balak Singh (1797–1862) as the 11th Guru of the Sikh religion, thus continuing the succession of Sikh Gurus through the centuries from Guru Nanak Dev to the present day.[4] The 12th Guru was Ram Singh (1816–1885), who moved the sects centre to Bhaini Sahib (Ludhiana) and is regarded as the first Indian to use non-cooperation and non-violence boycott in order to combat the British Empire in India.[5]
^Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada (1 October 1998). India: The Namdhari sect of Sikhism, including its practices and beliefs, and whether the Punjab police seeks in particular its male members. Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
^Parkash Singh Badal : chief minister of Punjab. S. R. Bakshi, Sita Ram Sharma, S. Gajnani. New Delhi: APH Publishing. 1998. p. 40. ISBN 81-7024-987-2. OCLC 55522775.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^"Ram Singh | Indian philosopher | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
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disciples and followers include S. Ballesh, and Krishna Ballesh, Baljeet Singh Namdhari, Gurbaksh Matharu (UK) and Khan's own sons, Nazim Hussain and Nayyar Hussain...
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