Amrit Ceremony

(Other Non-Christian Religions) Sikhism the ceremony of initiation into the Khalsa, at which amrit is drunk by and sprinkled on the heads of candidates for initiation

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Sikhs who have been through the Amrit ceremony of initiation become Amritdhari, initiated Sikhs.

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This ceremony, called the Amrit ceremony, first took place in 1699, under Guru Gobind Singh's direction, and Guru Gobind Singh, in an act of humility, asked his disciples to formally induct him also through this ceremony.