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Summary of Question:	Kara's Meaning
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Friday, 8/31/2001 1:26 PM MDT

i was just woundering what the use of the kara was for. someone once told me that it protects you and it gives you good luck. is this true.

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No. The kara is worn as a symbol of devotion to God and Guru - like a wedding ring, the kara is sign of the soul-bride's marriage to Guru. On the large ones, the heavy steel of a kara could also be used as a weapon in combat. It is not about 'good luck' -- that is a most non-Sikh way of thinking, since Sikhs believe that all that happens is God's will, and not about 'luck.'

-DKK