Explains the history and practices of the religion of Sikhism, especially as revealed through its sacred book, the Guru Granth Sahib.

From turbans to ceremonial daggers (kirpans), the symbols and practices of Sikhism are revealed to host Tevya in this program. At the birthday celebration for Guru Nanak, the fifteenth-century founder of the faith, Tevya learns how and why Sikh's pray, how they cook 'vegetarian' for the masses, and why Sikh's consider warriors 'Saintly.' The fight for the poor is a holy calling as Tevya discovers.

"There is more to Sikhism than the distinctive dress of its adherents: the emergence of Guru Nanak, the founder, and his long line of successors; the precepts, many related to liberation through the divine name or nam; a particularly turbulent history in which the Sikhs have fought to affirm their beliefs and resist external domination; and, more recently, the dispersion f Sikhs from the Punjab throughout the rest of India and on to Europe and the...