Sahajdhari

A sahajdhari (Punjabi: ਸਹਜਧਾਰੀ (Gurmukhi); Meaning "spiritual state of equilibrium adopter"; alternatively spelt as sehajdhari) Sikh is a person who believes in Sikhism but is not an Amritdhari.

According to the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, the Sahajdhari Sikhs are those who believe in the Gurus of Sikhism.

[6] Another term, keshdhari, is related and often used synonymously, albeit confusingly, and strictly-speaking refers to a Sikh who maintains uncut hair (kesh) but has not received amrit, which would make them amritdharis if so.

In the early eighteenth century when Sikhs defied the persecutors and courted martyrdom as did the teenage Haqiqat Singh Rai, who was beheaded in public for his refusal to disown his Sikh belief and accept Islam.

The Sahajdharis share all of the religious, and social customs and ceremonies with the main body of the Sikhs, and join their congregations in the gurdwaras.

Outside of Punjab, the North-West Frontier Province and Sindh had considerable Sahajdhari populations.

They are: They are for the identification and representation of the ideals of Sikhism, such as honesty, equality, fidelity, meditating on God, and never bowing to tyranny.

Photograph of a Sehajdhari Sikh (also spelled 'Sahajdhari') from the 1930 first edition of Kahn Singh Nabha 's Mahan Kosh
Kanga , Kara and Kirpan – three of the five articles of faith endowed to the Sikhs.
Most Sahajdhari Sikhs keep the Kara as one of their Five Ks [ 7 ]
Canadian Sahajdhari Sikh politician Sukh Dhaliwal with his hair and beard trimmed