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- noun A
Sikh holy flag , colored orange and white, with a symbol of thekhanda .
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Ghai said British Muslim community had secured provisions for separate burial grounds while the Hindus and Sikhs had to perform the last rites of the in Chapels of Rest which couldn†™ t accommodate Gita or Sru Guru Granth Sahib and were subjected to delays of up to one week until the funeral. “Their only religious representation was a hastily erected ‘om†™ or Nishan Sahib in a local authority crematorium, †he said, adding that the gas crematoria also ran risk of intermingling ashes of the deceased, especially when the local authorities started cremating multiple bodies at one time to save running cost.
The Times of India 2010
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Ghai said British Muslim community had secured provisions for separate burial grounds while the Hindus and Sikhs had to perform the last rites of the in Chapels of Rest which couldn†™ t accommodate Gita or Sru Guru Granth Sahib and were subjected to delays of up to one week until the funeral. “Their only religious representation was a hastily erected ‘om†™ or Nishan Sahib in a local authority crematorium, †he said, adding that the gas crematoria also ran risk of intermingling ashes of the deceased, especially when the local authorities started cremating multiple bodies at one time to save running cost.
The Times of India 2010
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