SIKHS AND HINDUS ARE ONE

SIKHS AND HINDUS ARE ONE

Sikhism is an offshoot of Hinduism. It came into being as a reaction to Islamic invasive destruction of everything Hindu in North India during the days of the Delhi Sultanate. It became a purifying Hindu movement shorn of traditional trappings of caste and gender and rituals that weakened Hindu 'samāj' by dividing it. It resuscitated Hinduism even as it protected it against Islamic proselytism. The birth of Sikhism, thus, has tremendous historical significance, especially in its being pivotal to saving Hinduism from the proselytism of Islam in Northern India. Therefore, to create a rift between Sikhs and Hindus is mischievous and has an antinational intent. 

The Sikh faith is part and parcel of the Mother Faith, the Sanatan Dharma. The ten Sikh Gurus all considered themselves as Hindus. The ninth and the tenth Sikh Gurus, namely, Guru Tegh Bahadurji and Guru Gobind Singhji were martyred in their struggle to save Hinduism from Islamic (Mughal) aggression. So was the fifth Sikh Guru, Arjan Devji, martyred at the hands of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. The sixth, seventh and eight Gurus in Har Gobindjii, Har Raiji and Harkrishanji also militarily resisted the Mughals, and so did the ninth Guru, Tegh Bahadurji. It was the tenth Guru, Gobind Singhji, though, who gave final shape to Sikh resistance which totally transformed his following and created a lasting impact on the Sikhs and on our national history. 

The theology of Sikhism, its monotheistic root in the Omkar (🕉) and its foundational principles enunciated by the great Guru Nanak Devji are all derived from the Vedas which the seer saw in his spiritual realisations and revalidated them, for it is in the Rishi's realisations that documented revelations of the past gain fresh validation. 

Sikhism, as Guru Gobind Singhji gave practical shape to it in finality in the form of the Khālsā, became the defender of the Sanatan Dharma (Hinduism) and the Sanatanis (Hindus). This was the martial wing of the mother faith, now newly forged but maintaining the ancient kshatriya spirit. In fact, were it not for the Sikhs, North India would have entirely fallen to the Dawah and the Jihādi sword of Islam. 

Sikhism saved Hinduism and we must bear eternal gratitude to the Sikhs, their forefathers who are our forefathers as well, for their valorous defence of the Dharma then and now and blossoming evermore unto the untrodden fragrant future. 

Hence, always remember that Hindus and Sikhs are one, and inseparably so, and cannot be sundered by dastardly antinational forces. All such separatist notions are rejected, all separatist activity resisted by Sanatanis in solidarity with the Sikhs who are our very own in life and spirit, in blood and toil, a valorous martial sect of the Mother Faith, bravehearts of the motherland in whose defence they so fearlessly keep sacrificing their precious lives, as if in remembrance of their martyr Gurus who gave their all to protect the Hindus in their hour of civilisational peril at the hands of invasive Islam. 

Wahe Guru ki fateh! Wahe Guru ki Khālsā! Sat Shree Ākāl! 🕉 

Written by Sugata Bose

Photo: Har Mandir Sahibji (The Golden Temple, Amritsar)