WHO IS A SEHAJDHARI?

As the Punjabi word ‘sehaj’ here means ‘gradual’, Sehajdhari in Sikhism means one in the process of adopting the religion. Anyone belonging to a non-Sikh family who may not wear symbols of Sikhism (or Khalsa Panth) but believes in Sikh gurus and Guru Granth Sahib is a Sehajdhari. The definition of Sehajdhari has no sanction in Sikhism as far as its tenets concerned. This nomenclature was added to the Sikh Gurdwaras Act of 1925, and they got SGPC voting rights in 1944, under British rule.