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Guru Nanak cutting the sacred thread
Unknown, Sikh School1800/1899
Academy of Fine Arts and Literature
New Delhi, India
A very unusual sword-wielding Nanak. He rejected the discriminatory caste system and initiated the tradition ot community eating (langar) to counter it.
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- Title: Guru Nanak cutting the sacred thread
- Creator: Unknown, Sikh School
- Date: 1800/1899
- Location: Punjab
- Physical Dimensions: Natural pigment on paper, 20 X 16.3 cm
- Subject Keywords: Sikh School
- Type: Miniature Painting
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