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Sikhism is a religion that began in sixteenth-century North India with the teachings of Nanak and nine successive human Gurus. This system of religious philosophy and expression has been traditionally known as the Gurmat. Sikhism is the fifth-largest organised religion in the world. The principal belief in Sikhism is faith in one God &mdash; Vāhigurū. Sikhism advocates the pursuit of salvation through disciplined, personal meditation on the name and message of God. The followers of Sikhism are ordained to follow the teachings of the ten Sikh Gurus, or enlightened leaders, as well as the holy scripture &mdash; the Gurū Granth Sāhib &mdash; which includes the selected works of many authors from diverse socioeconomic and religious backgrounds. The text was decreed by Gobind Singh as the final guru of the Khalsa Panth. Adherents of Sikhism are known as Sikhs and number over 23 million across the world. However, most Sikhs live in the state of Punjab in India; prior to partition, millions of Sikhs used to live in what is now the Punjab province of Pakistan. (more...)

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