SATNAMI SECT


Meaning of SATNAMI SECT in English

Religious community in India that challenges political and religious authority by worshiping the supreme god Satnam.

Combining practices from Islam and Hinduism , Satnamis typically reject both the worship of images and the caste system, while retaining an underlying orthodox Vedanta philosophy. Modern Satnamis are confined almost entirely to the low-status Camar caste, and they advocate social equality as well as ethical and dietary self-restraint.

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