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hindus do not exist brahminism does[edit]

The term "Nānak Panth" does not exist in any precolonial text in Gurmukhi. It only occurs in Persian chronicles. There is no evidence that Sri Chand started the so-called Nanak Panth. He is generally thought to be the founder of the Udasi order.

Hindus did not exist for millennia before sikhs and Muslims exclusively, there were and are shamans, Buddhists and people who follow no religion. Notwithstanding the term 'hindu' is a catch all, mainly brahminism exists with other peoples following this Creed and adding some Fiat currency to it.

Clearly POV pushing.

Sakayriaz (talk) 13:13, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

L.K.Advani[edit]

BJP leader L.K.Advani is not a Punjabi Hindu. He is a Sindhi. He was born and brought up in Karachi, Sindh. I have accordingly removed his name from the list of notable Punjabi Hindus.

123.63.252.102 (talk) 11:30, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Editing required for section "Punjabi language and Hindus"[edit]

There are several typographical errors in the introductory paragraph of the section titled "Punjabi language and Hindus." It also seems rather biased. 74.68.42.250 (talk) 03:32, 1 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sikhism[edit]

An anon recently removed Influential Sikh figures such as Guru Nanak, Banda Singh Bahadur, and Bhai Mati Das, originated from Punjabi Hindu families and many Punjabi Hindus converted to Sikhism. with the claim that it is incorrect. I have reinstated it because, although unsourced in this article, there does seem to be support for it at Sikhism#History. We could do with a short section about it in this article, though, because the claim appears to be made only in the lead section here and that is inappropriate per WP:LEAD. - Sitush (talk) 19:01, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Source listed as an empty link should be incorporated into body of the article[edit]

Punjabrevenue.nic.in, Religion and castes in Punjab

This link was listed in raw form on the page. Instead, please feel free to cite the source and use content in the body of the article. It has been removed from where it was formerly sitting, because there was no citation leading to it.

Focus[edit]

Perhaps unsurprisingly, very little of this article relates to Punjabi Hindus as a community. It is muddling stuff in a classic Hindutva style to make tenuous connections and a sort of pseudo-history. It probably should not exist. - Sitush (talk) 19:54, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It should be merged/redirected to Hinduism in Punjab. There are other equally problematic articles that try to carve an ethno-religious identity along geographic grounds, I know, but two wrongs do not make a right. - Sitush (talk) 19:57, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Language of Punjabi Hindus[edit]

Should Punjabi even be listed as a language Punjabi Hindus speak? I've never met one who ever liked speaking the language. Even the ones I saw in places like Amritsar and Jalandhar refused to speak Punjabi. They only ever spoke Hindi. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whakayis (talk • contribs) 09:41, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

100% agree 123.201.8.95 (talk) 15:17, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

100% agree...Punjabi is not there language 2405:201:E:D087:11CD:F379:6F8E:4B0B (talk) 06:48, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Our observations don't count here in Wikipedia (see WP:OR). It's all what the sources say. Rasnaboy (talk) 11:34, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]