Why does Geet wear Sindoor?? - Page 4

MANY SIKH WOMEN DO WEAR SINDOOR AND SUMTIMES WE DO GO TO THE MANDIR. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT IF U ARE PUNJABI SIKH U CANT WEAR SINDOOR THERE ALOT OF HINDU THAT READ THE NITNAM. ITS NOT MATTER OF WAT RELIGION AND IF THEY R THAT DRELIGION THEY STRICTLY HAVE TO ABIDE BUY IT. IT DEPENDS ON HOW U ARE RAISED AND WHICH AREA

Originally posted by: sonu98

yeah sikhs are not supposed to be wearing any sindoors or bindis religiously.... it is a fashion statement... mostly jatt women (even newly married) dont wear it.... but personally i have seen many saini, majhabi or other castes girls do wear it.......(by the way we are not supposed to have caste system in sikhism..... but society has created it according to the work people did historically.....tailors are sheemba, weavers are julahe, labour class is kammi/majhabi.... Farmers, landlords are JATT etc..... but religiously we are supposed to be just sikhs..... )

AND please no bashing on me in regards to mentioning these casts..... I have explained that we are supposed to be just sikhs.... its the society that has created teh castes due to the work people have done traditionally........ thats it......)

Originally posted by: warriorprincess

i have a theory on the sindoor and manglsutur:

Most people don't have an understanding of the rules of Gursikhi. However there are certain societal 'norms' if you will, including a common one that an external indicator of a married woman is sindoor and manglsuttur. Since these are commonly understood visual signals, it doesnt matter whether you live in Kerala or Kashmir - you know what sindoor/manglsutur indicates.

At the end of the day this is an entertainment program broadcast around the country and indeed the world, and to get the message across they have to use things that the average indian understands ie. you may not have a clue about the program, sikhism and if you just watched yesterday's episode as your first one, you'll know that Geet is a married woman just looking at her.

Going back to MMDR - I think they've done a fairly good job of being respectful to the tennets of Gursikhi (the religion), unlike some of the other dramas on telly at the moment. The other things such as the sindoor etc are cultural/societal rules that are man made... and not sikhism per se.