Historic Evidences of Socio-Cultural Development Among Asian Sikh Community

Résumé

Sikh community is one of the monotheistic cultures of Pakistan in Asia because the core belief of Sikh community is worshipping only one God who is Ik Onkar. This article addressed two questions; what is the concept of prayers and how do Asian Sikhs practice their daily prayers? The present work mainly focused on the concepts specifically through the history of Asian Sikh community. The research methodology includes; the historic records method in which the researcher is concerned with Books of Sikh Dharam regarding concepts and history. The purpose of this research was to study the knowledge and history of prayers of Asian Sikh community. As a result, it has been concluded that the concept of the Sikh prayer is based on three fundamental teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji; Naam Japo, Kirat Karo, and Vand Chako. In Sikh community, the term prayer is used for the remembrance of Waheguru. This remembrance connected the Sikhs with Waheguru deeply. Prayer Sikh people remember Waheguru by praying Nitnem Baanis and Naam Simran. Nitnem Banis and Naam Simran are individual prayers of the Sikhs which can be performed at any place; home, office, garden, or in the Gurudwara.