WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -This identity includes five articles of faith-kesh (unshorn hair), kanga (small comb), kara (steel bracelet), kirpan (religious article resembling a knife), and kachera (soldier-shorts)-and distinguishes someone who has formally committed to the values of the faith by accepting initiation.

Detailed explanation-2: -They are: kesh (unshorn hair and beard since the Sikh decided to keep it), kangha (a comb for the kesh, usually wooden), kara (a bracelet, usually made of iron or steel), kachera (an undergarment), and kirpan (a small curved sword of any size, shape or metal).

Detailed explanation-3: -Every man and woman who belongs to the Khalsa must wear five symbols which show that they are Sikhs. They are usually called the Five K’s because in Punjabi their names all begin with the letter ‘K’. their hair but let it grow as a symbol of their faith.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Five Ks, or Panj kakaar / kakke, are five items of faith that baptized Khalsa Sikhs wear at all times at the command of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh who so ordered at the Baisakhi Amrit Sanchar in 1699.