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Summary of Question:	What Is The Main Reason We Have To Use 'Kera'?
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Sunday, 5/12/2002 1:03 AM MDT

There are many reason reasons thats i have heard from my friends or saints, but all of them have thier own theory of why we rae wearing kera(bangle).Sometimes, my friens from difrent religion use to ask me the reason why punjabi people are wearing them.Well can someone please explain to me what is the main reason why are we wearing kera?

(REPLY) When Guru Gobind Singh baptised the Panj Piare, he gave 5 symbols (the five "k's") to wear, part of the bana that identifies us as Sikhs. The kara indicates that we belong to God. By wearing a kara we remind ourselves to Whom we belong. The "k's" help us to keep in constant remembrance of God and Guru. The Punjabi people who wear karas I presume are Sikhs! It is a religious symbol, not a cultural one! so people of other ethnic origins who are Sikhs and Khalsa also wear karas!