Communities & faiths · A guide to the archive
Read selected religious traditions in Punjab through teachings, places, institutions and differences within communities.
Approach each entry through its own evidence and stated scope. Religious teachings, institutional descriptions and people’s lived experiences can overlap without being interchangeable. Compare how a source names a tradition and whether it speaks for a particular institution, period or community rather than everyone associated with the label.
An intentional selection
An introduction to Sikh traditions through Guru Nanak’s community, the history of gurdwara governance and research with ordinary Sikhs in Punjab.
Islamic practices, a Lahore mosque and scholarship on colonial politics provide an introduction to Muslim traditions in Punjab without treating the community as uniform.
A diverse religious tradition takes local forms through temples, reform movements and changing public identities. Amritsar’s Durgiana Temple provides one specific institutional example.
Christian histories in Punjab include Punjabi converts, different missionary organisations and institutions reshaped by Partition. Their experiences cannot be reduced to one denomination or social story.
Mankiyala and Sanghol reveal Buddhist pilgrimage, relic worship and artistic connections across the historic Punjab, preserved through archaeology and museums.
Jain histories in Punjab include image worship and non-image traditions, commercial neighbourhoods, and manuscript collections carried across Partition.
Dera Sachkhand Ballan’s self-description, research on Dalit assertion and a nineteenth-century reformer’s life show why Ravidassia identity needs historical and local context.
How we use sources, explain uncertainty and correct mistakes.
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