Udasi
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Udasis, also spelt as Udasins, also known as Nanak Putras, are a religious sect of ascetic sadhus centred in northern India who follow a tradition known as Udasipanth. The Udasis are a type of Sehajdh
Fresco of Sri Chand from Akhara Bala-Nand, Amritsar
Fresco depicting Sri Chand with Baba Gurditta
Painting of Sri Chand with the four Adi-Udasins (Phula Shah, Gonda, Baba Hamsa, and Al-mast)
Painting of Mahant Pritam Das with retinue
Sanatan Sikh
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Sanatan Sikh, a neologism and hypothesis formulated by Harjot Oberoi in 1987, to refer to Sikhs who formed the Amritsar Singh Sabha faction during the broader Singh Sabha Movement in 1873. It also des
Udasi
…are a religious sect of ascetic sadhus centred in northern India who follow a tradition known as Udasipanth. The Udasis are a type of Sehajdhari or Sanatan Sikh, rather than orthodox Khalsa Sikhs. Similar Sikh sects to the Udasis include the Nirmalas and Sewapanthis. Becoming custodians of Sikh shrines in the…
Sanatan Sikh artwork of the Sikh Gurus with Indic deities, ca.1800–1850
Sikh depiction from a Guru Granth Sahib manuscript of Mahakal and Mahakali with Sodhi Bhan Singh paying respects.
Baba Khem Singh Bedi, a leader of the Amritsar Singh Sabha and direct descendant of Guru Nanak
Photograph of Udasi mahants ("Sikh sadhus") and members of Sikh religious orders, published in 'The Mission Field' (1904)