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	Udasis
		Udasi, from the root 'udas' means detachment, withdrawal from worldly life, solitary, sadness and grief, and so refers to one who renounces.
		During eighteenth century, the Udasis (not appearing as Khalsa Singhs) escaped the persecution of the Mughal rulers.
		Anand Ghan, an Udasi scholar of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, wrote commentaries on the Adi Granth from a largely Hindu-Vedantic perspective.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/sikhism/udas.html (643 words)

	Sanatan Singh Sabha
		A key point of contention is the Hindu doctrine of the avataras (divine incarnations) where God is believed to incarnate in different forms at times when righteousness is about to be overcome by the forces of darkness.
		Sanatan Sikhs would include the Udasis and Nirmalas and believe that the Amritdhari, Keshdhari and Sahajdhari are all Sikhs.
		The Sanatan Sikhs (Udasis, Nirmalas and the Namdharis) were for the first time challenged and eventually marginalised.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/sikhism/sanatan.html (646 words)

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		The chief object of worship of Udasis is the ball of ashes - this is condemned by the Sikhs.
		That all the distinctions drawn by the defendant's counsel between Udasis and Sikhs are not warranted is by the evidence of one of the plaintiffs, Sardar Indrajit Singh (P.W.32), who says that he performs the shradh ceremony, has a family Brahmin priest and inter-dines and inter-marries with the higher Hindu castes.
		"The temple is an Udasi temple and not Sikh.
	www.sikhstudies.org /Periodicals.asp?TtlCod=486 (5785 words)

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		Prior to the period of the Singh Sabha movement (the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries), the Udasi way enjoyed considerable prestige, and under the Sikh rulers of the Punjab its practitioners were recipients of substantial land grants.
		The eclipse of asceticism in general and of the Udasis in particular reflects the convictions of the Tat Khalsa.
		In Sambat 1697 a son was born to Binna, an Uppal Khatri of Ambmari in the pargana of Miske Naur,* between Lahore and Multan.
	www.sikh-heritage.co.uk /movements/Udasis/udasis.htm (1879 words)

	The Sikh Times - News and Analysis - Supreme Court: Udasi Dera Is Not a Gurdwara
		The Udasi community is 'very much' part of Sikhism and all their gurdwaras come under the purview of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (S.G.P.C.), chief Kirpal Singh Badungar said today.
		The Udasis are considered descendents of Sri Chand and Laxmi Chand, sons of the first Sikh guru, Nanak Dev.
		Settling a 25 year-old litigation between the S.G.P.C. and a mahant on declaring of an Udasi dera as a gurdwara, the Supreme Court recently ruled that mere worshipping of Guru Granth Sahib at a dera would not qualify it to be a Sikh gurdwara.
	www.sikhtimes.com /news_120902c.html (307 words)

	Itihas Damdami Taksal
		All the Udasis belonging to these 'Dhooney' and 'Bakhshishaan' established hundred of 'Deras', 'Akhaarhe' and centers.
		During the 'Singh Sabha Movement', Udasis and Nirmalas established idols of Sri Chand and removed Sri Guru Granth Sahib, or they installed other books of Hindu religious books along with Guru Granth Sahib, so that their 'deras' could not be taken over under new Gurdwara Act.
		The book says that Udasis used not to cut their hair/beard, but frightened by Singh Sabha movement, now 'Jataa-dhari', 'Mundit', 'Bhasmadhari', 'Nange' and those, who wear russet clothes, can be seen.
	www.amritworld.com /book_reviews/itihas_damdami_taksal.html (1192 words)

	SHIROMANI GURUDWARA PRABHANDHAK COMMITTEE, AMRITSAR v. MAHANT KIRPA RAM & ORS [1984] INSC 74; [1984] 3 SCR 372; ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The evidence discloses that the institution in question was not shown to have been established for use by Sikhs for the purpose of public worship and therefore one of the material conditions for attracting section 16(2)(iii) of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925 was not established.
		Siri Chand, the founder of Udasi sect there came into existence a sect of Udasis who while using the same sacred writings as the Sikhs, kept up much more of the old Hindu practices, followed asceticism, were given to the veneration of Samadhs and tombs and continued the Hindu, rites concerning birth, marriage and Shradh.
		It was also observed that the Udasis so far as the matter can be decided by beliefs and practices, are, from the point of view of Sikhs, schismatics who separated in the earliest days of the movement and never merged thereafter.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1984/74.html (3530 words)

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		The Udasis interpretation of Sikhism is Vedantic, which makes them unorthodox.It is said that the system of Sangats and Masands for spread of Sikhism was supplemented by Guru Hargobind and his successors by 'Dhuans' (hearths) and ‘bakhsheeshes’ (bounties) under the command of some Udasi.
		Udasis believe Baba Gurditta to be a reincarnation of Guru Nanak and he bestowed ‘bhekh’ upon Almast, Balu, Hasna and Govinda and Phul Sahib as adi Udasis”The second major division of early Udasis consisted of ‘bakhsheeshes’—said to have been gifted or sanctioned by 6th,7th, 9th,& 10th Gurus.
		By being neutral towards the state they could carry on their activities without any interference.Toward the end of Sikh rule, the number of Udasi centres was about two hundred and fifty, scattered around in Punjab.
	www.sikhstudies.org /Periodicals.asp?TtlCod=153 (800 words)

	PRITAM DASS MAHANT v. SHIROMANI GURUDWARA PRABANDHAK COMMITTEE [1983] INSC 4; [1984] 2 SCR 564; [1984] 2 SCC 600; AIR ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Clearly the Sikhs would not permit the idol of Baba Srichand in a Gurudwara while Udasis would ordinarily install such an idol to perpetuate the memory of the founder of their sect; (iii) the succession was from Guru to Chela; and (iv) there are photos of Hindu deities in the institution.
		The institution was the Dera of Udasi Bhekh and the objects of worship are idols of Gola Sahib and of Baba Srichand, and the various samadhs.
		The court held that Udasis are not Sikhs for the purposes of Sikh Gurdwara Act.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1983/4.html (6808 words)

	Gian Sampardai \| A Gateway to Sikhism \| The Complete Sikhism Resource - A Gateway to Sikhism
		Gian Sampradaiis one of three major schools of sikhs theologians and expositors of the sikh scripture, the other two being Udasis and the Nirmalas.
		The distinctive characteristic of the members of Giani Sampradai has been their strict adherence to the tenets of the faith and to the discipline made incumbent upon the Sikhs by Gurus.
		On the doctrinal level, the Udasis are inclined in their interpretation of the Sikh belief towards the classical Hindu view, taking inspiration from the Rama and the Krisna cults.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /sikh-organisations/gian-sampardai.html (955 words)

	The Sikh Times - News and Analysis - Supreme Court: Udasi Dera Is Not a Gurdwara (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Udasi community is 'very much' part of Sikhism and all their gurdwaras come under the purview of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (S.G.P.C.), chief Kirpal Singh Badungar said today.
		The Udasis are considered descendents of Sri Chand and Laxmi Chand, sons of the first Sikh guru, Nanak Dev.
		Settling a 25 year-old litigation between the S.G.P.C. and a mahant on declaring of an Udasi dera as a gurdwara, the Supreme Court recently ruled that mere worshipping of Guru Granth Sahib at a dera would not qualify it to be a Sikh gurdwara.
	sikhtimes.com /news_120902c.html (307 words)

	HERITAGE
		The Sahijdharis include ‘Udasis’ founded by Sri Chand, son of Guru Nanak, Sewapanthis founded by the water carrier of Guru Gobind Singh, the Ramraiyas, the followers of Ram Rai, son of Guru Har Rai...
		“Udasis may be regarded as the genuine disciples of Nanak, professing as the name denotes indifference to worldly vicissitudes.
		Udasi Totapuri, a Sikh ascetic, imparted the same instruction to the most well known Hindu savant of modern times, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, in the final phase of the latter’s spiritual quest....” One must die and merge in the Word (Which is synonymous with the Name) that one purgeth oneself of all the inner soil...
	www.sikhreview.org /october1994/heritage.htm (2538 words)

	Historical Gurdwaras
		Since then Udasis, (the followers of Guru Nanak's Son) looked after this place for a long time.
		Maharaja Ranjit Singh got a magnificent building built there and at the behest of Baba Sahib Singh, the Maharaja gave 700 acres land as religious endowment to his holy shrine but the Udasis continued to maintain the place.
		They had the charge of this place during the times full of stress and strife for the Sikhs But with the passage of time, in early 20th century, these Udasis Mahants began to treat this revenue free jagir as their personal property and indulged in erotic and luxorious life.
	www.sgpc.net /historical-gurdwaras/gurdwaras_in_pakistan.asp (1049 words)

	Re: Sri Chand
		It is important to remember that the Singh Sabha reform in some ways a reaction to the corrupt practices of the Udasi Mahants of certain key institutions.
		With the formation of the Gurdwara Reform Bill, Udasis had a choice of either surrendering their age-old practices and have their institutions turned into SGPC-run Gurdwaras or of modifying their associations with the panth.
		Equally Udasis would vociferously disagree with the assertion that Baba Sri Chander Maharaj was jealous of Guru Angad Dev, or upset with his father for giving the gaddi to Guru Angad.
	www.sikhnet.com /Sikhnet/discussion.nsf/f2a051bd361446a587256c98005b5fa3/3599a806d389625e87256da80049894f!OpenDocument (446 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Books
		His close relationship what he and his sister, Nanaki, shared is brought out well; his travels, or udasis, took him to various parts of India and even to the far-away Mecca, which would have been an arduous trek at that time, too.
		After his fourth udasi, Guru Nanak Dev decided to settle down at Kartarpur, where he lived a life of pious devotion and tended to his fields.
		He was an exemplar of what he taught—the universality of God, the oneness of humanity and the need to live a spiritual life without renouncing the world and while tending to day-to-day demands of the worldly lives.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20060129/spectrum/book2.htm (405 words)

	To WJ - Message Board - ezboard.com
		Udasi is from the Saskrit word udasin meaning disregard for wordly attachments.
		Most Udasis used to look after the gudwaras as the Khalsa was was under constant attack, Gurbax das looked after the Anandpur gurdwaras once guru jee left, and the followers continued to.
		The udasis are not well liked in the Punjab, they orded the killing of Bhai Lakhsaman Singhs Akalis, this has remained in peoples eyes.
	p196.ezboard.com /fhindutatvafrm1.showMessage?topicID=205.topic (1658 words)

	Gobind Sadan: Baba Siri Chand
		During the years when Sikhs had to live in the jungles, it was the Udasis who maintained and spread the teachings of the Sikh Gurus.
		Earlier in the year 1995 at the major conference called by the Jathedar of Akal Takhat, on the future of the Sikh Panth, Udasis were represented and spoke.
		In 1988 and 1989 seminars were held at Punjabi University Patiala and at Gobind Sadan, New Delhi in which major scholars from every (Sikh) university presented their research on the life of Baba Siri Chand ji and the contribution of the Udasis to the spread of the teachings of the Sikh Gurus.
	www.gobindsadan.org /babasirichand/aarta.shtml (1216 words)

	TSS Op-Ed: Practicing the Wrong Maryada
		The caretakers of the Sikh temples exploited the Sikhs, and through katha of this book, gradually took them away from shabad vichar to a form of idol worship known as 'word worship' that is prevalent amongst the Sikh masses.
		The Udasis, Nirmalas and the Mahants were finally removed from the Gurdwaras including Darbar Sahib in 1921 by the Akali movement.
		The Udasis, Nirmalas and Mahants were thrown out of the Gurudwaras in 1920's, however they are coming back in the form of so called Sant's in various Gurudwaras who are spreading their message throughout North America.
	www.sikhsentinel.com /sikhsentinel0307/oped_practicingthewrongmaryada.htm (2066 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sikhism (Buddhism) - Encyclopedia
		The founder and first Sikh guru, the mystic Nanak (c.1469–c.1539), proclaimed monotheism, the provisional nature of organized religion, and direct realization of God through religious exercises and meditation; he opposed idolatry, ritual, an organized priesthood, and the caste system.
		Angad (1504–52), the second guru, separated the ascetics (udasis) from the laity, eliminated most features of Hinduism, and introduced the Gurmukhi script.
		Under the fourth guru, Ram Das, Amritsar was founded as a sacred city.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sikhism.html (619 words)

	Dera Baba Charan Shah on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		The habitat is maintained and looked after by the Udasis as they use herbs from the jungle for treatments based on Ayurdeva (traditional Indian system of medicine).
		The Udasis are well respected as environmentalists and have a reputation for being good eco-aware farmers.
		To prevent this damage from carrying on at a rapid rate, the Udasis are turning to planting industrial hemp to allow the soil to regenerate.
	www.flickr.com /photos/chitrakari/356186600 (694 words)

	Hindu Sects
		Nanak Shahis of seven classes (viz., Udasis, Ganj-bhakshis, Ramrayis, Sutra Shahis, Govinda Sinhis, Nirmalas, Nagas), Baba Lalis, Prana nathis, Sadhus, Satnamis, Siva Narayanis are other miscellaneous sects.
		The founder of the Arya Samaj was Swami Dayananda Saraswati, who was born in Kathiawar in 1824.
		The Udasis are an ascetic order of the Nanaksahi Sikhs.
	www.hinduism.co.za /hindu3.htm (11046 words)

	Sanatan Sikhi - The Sanatan Sikhs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Udasis presented Adi Guru Granth Sahib as the essence of all ancient Indian spiritual knowledge.
		To this day, Udasis Sikhs are greatly respected amongst the Hindu holy men and masses.
		Udasis are physician missionaries of the Sanatan Sikh world.
	www.sarbloh.info /htmls/sikh_udhasi3.html (418 words)

	Guru Granth Sahib and Unity of Minds
		The Guru undertook four udasis and he met with varied forms of life during his travels.
		During the Udasis Guru Nanak encountered many languages, cultures, religions, tribes, and landscapes.
		he compositional pattern and contents of Guru Granth Sahib somehow reflect the essential moments of the Udasi travels and the religious experiences that emerge out of them.
	www.sikhspectrum.com /022005/nmm_unity.htm (1862 words)

	INDPRIDE
		Millions of Sikh Udasis, Nirmalas, the Gahanghambhirs and the Sindhi Sikhs adore the Sanskrit language not only as the language of their ancestors but as the sacred language of their land.
		While the rest cannot but own it as the tongue of their forefathers and as the Mother of Gurumukhi and Punjabi, which yet in its infancy is still sucking the milk of life at its breast.
		The Sahajdhari, Udasi, Nirmal, Gahangambhir and the Sindhi Sikhs are proud of being Hindus by race and by nationality.
	www.indpride.com /savarkaronsikhbrotherhood.html (1327 words)

	History
		He traveled all of Punjab, and the important religious places across India and abroad covering Hindu holy places like Dwarka, Ujjain, Ayodhya and Muslim holy places like Mecca, Medina and Baghdad.
		These tours were called the Char Udasis of Guru Nanak.
		In 1507, at the age of 38, while bathing in the Vain nadi (a small river), he heard the divine call asking him to dedicate himself to the service of humanity.
	www.punjabtourism.org /ap_history_gurus01.php (754 words)

	Damdami Takshal - The Voice of Sikh Youth
		GIANI SAMPRADAI is one of three major schools of Sikhs theologians and expositors of the Sikh scripture, the other two being the Udasis and the Nirmalas.
		The distinctive characteristic of the mem-bers of Giani Sampradai has been their strict adherence to the tenets of the faith and to the discipline made incumbent upon the Sikhs by Gurus.
		On the doctrinal level, the Udasis are inclined in their interpretation of the Sikh belief towards the classical Hindu view, taking inspiration from the Rama and the Krsna cults.
	www.sikhsangat.com /index.php?showtopic=1035 (1996 words)

	Sri Chand at AllExperts
		He established the Udasi order who travelled far and wide to spread the Word of Nanak.
		After Baba Sri Chand's death at the age of 135[2], the son of Guru Hargobind, Baba Gurditta became his successor as head of the Udasis.
		The Udasis protected and maintained the historical shrines of Anandpur, Hazoor Sahib and Amritsar for over a hundred years after Guru Gobind Singh's death.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sr/sri_chand.htm (275 words)

	GURU RAMDAS
		Baba Srichand, the eldest son of Guru Nanak, had founded a religious sect of his own known as Udasis.
		After that the Udasis spared no pains to serve Sikh religion.
		It is said that after the death of Banda Singh Bahadur, when the Mughal rulers decided to root out Sikh religion, it was the Udasis who kept the Divine spark of the Sikh faith alight.
	www.sikhpoint.com /religion/creatertruth&sikhism/10gurus/ramdas.htm (901 words)

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