amrit pahul is the most important ceremony for sikhs.It shows that a Sikh is ready to be fully committed to the Sikh faith.He or she becomes a member of the Sikh brotherhood,the Khalsa.Anyone who is over the age of sixteen can go through the Amrit Pahul ceremony.
The Amrit Ceremony is the initiation to becoming a Sikh. this is similar to a christening.A Sikh can go through this initiation as soon as they are old enough to understand the full commitment what they are making.
Khalsa Amrit Sanchaar.... =)
The Amrit Sanchar.
the sacrifices a amrit dhari Sikh might ever so is promise to stop drinking, smoking, take any drugs, or cut their hair. they do this to show that they are commited to this.
The amrit ceremony is a special service for when Sikhs get baptised the are ready to where the five ks are something that the Sikhs have when they getbaptized so the amrit ceremony is when someone joins the community theydecided to be a Sikh's.
Any Sikh who feels that he/she is ready to take Amrit, to fully dedicate their entire lives around God will be ready and they will partake in the Amrit Ceremony (Or Sikhs call it the Amrit Sanchaar). Alos there will be the 5 Beloved Ones, who will give the Amrit and baptise the Sikhs.
For those who wish to drink the amrit. Amrit is a drink that you drink when you swear to the guru that you will be a true Sikh and pray every day at certain times and follow the bani all the rest of your life.
In the Month of April in the year 1699 at Anandpur Sahib.
Amrit is the Sikh version of Baptism. They go through a Baptism Ceremony where they become baptised, take new names and follow Sikhism to the best of their ability. The ceremony takes place in a Gurudwara.
Well, when one takes amrit, they take an oath of being a truthful, faithful, loving, loyal Sikh. If in this case, the question is whether one has to be a Sikh by birth then the answer would be no. Sikhism has adherents in all different colours, from all types of backgrounds, hailing from pretty much every country in throughout the world.So basically, after one takes amrit, one BECOMES a Sikh.
The Sikhs special mixture with water and sugar is called Amrit.