User:Sadhsatnami

The Sadh is a community, mainly in North India, traditionally associated with Agriculture, textile dyeing and calico printing. They are located mainly in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana (The ancient battle which was fought by Satnamies against Emperor Aurangzeb in Narnoul Maandi (Haryana) is proof of their existense in Haryana), Rajasthan and other parts of the country.

In Uttar Pradesh they concenterated in Farrukhabad District, also are in Saharanpur, Mirzapur, Meerut and Bareilly districts, due to urbanization many of them have been moved to delhi and mumbai Contents [hide]

1 History and origin 2 Present circumstances 3 See also 4 References

[edit] History and origin

The [|VishavSadhsamaj]'s are monotheist. They are not Hindus commonly mistaken as and neither are they Muslims. They have their own set of beliefs. They don't believe in Idol worship. They believe in meditation and praying one God. Their holy book is called Nirvana Gyan. They are pure vegetarians(not even eggs). They are the followers of one god.

This is one of the oldest community as known its origin can only be predicted by the ancient battle which was fought by Satnamies against Emperor Aurangzeb in Narnoul (Haryana) when he was converting all people in to muslims, it was the Satnamies who revolted against him.

so the origin of this community is much more older that ancient battle.... [edit] Present circumstances

The Sadh specialize in printing on colour and silk cloth, nowadays many of Sadh are merchant exporters, while many are involved in Processes of Manufacturing like Printing etc. The community is now involved in the wholesale side of this industry. Many Sadhs are farmers in many UP villages.

In Haryana they concenterated in Sonipat, Rohtak, Jind , Rewari district.

A village called "ROHAT " in sonipat districts is main place for rural Sadh Satnamies. A village called "PADHA " in KARNAL districts is place for rural Sadh Satnamies

In Rajasthan they concenterated in Jodhpur, Marwad , Bhartpur district.

But in natural way the Satnamies are treated all sadh in equally manner.

The Sadh have traditional councils, and these councils resolve any disputes within the community. They are an endogamous community

The Sadh are followers of the Satnami sect. They are a vegetarian community.

There has been recent trend of shifting towards metropolitan cities like New Delhi Lucknow and Mumbai.Now They are also lived in Haryana State(Dist.Sonipat,Jind,Karnal,Padha,Staundi,Gadi Sadan,Kaithal, Rewari) & some of them in Ludhiana Punjab.

They lead simple lives. They believe in pray of Almighty God. These are among the richest communities. and at an approximation the per capita income of sadh's in Delhi/NCR would be more than : 70,000 $