THE NEW SGPC AFFIDAVIT

A Sehajdhari  Sikh is one who performs cermonies according to Sikh rites, does not use tobacco or ‘katha’ in any form, who is not a Patit and who can recite ‘mul mantra’. Patit means a person who being a Keshdhari Sikh trims or shaves his beard or ‘kesh’ or who after partaking ‘amrit’ commits anyone or more of the four ‘kurahits’. Sehajdhari Sikh and Patit are two separate entities any Keshdhari Sikh who cuts/trims his hai and beard is a Patit.

“A person who cuts/trims his beard/hair although he might be performing his cermonies like a Sikh, might not be using tobacco, etc and could recite ‘mulmantra’, cannot be a Sehajdhari because he cuts/ trims his hair and beard and as per the sections (of Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925)... he cannot be a Sehajdhari Sikh.”


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