The Cherished Five with Professor Louis Fenech
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English - June 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 170 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHistory Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 25th episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, researchers and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history.
In this episode we are joined by Louis Fenech, who is a scholar of Sikh studies with previous publications including The Darbar of the Sikh Gurus and also Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition. Today, we will be discussing his most recent book, namely The Cherished Five in Sikh History, which came out in January this year.
The book is about the Panj Piare, the first five Sikh disciples who form the nucleus of the Sikh martial community known as the Khalsa. We take a close look at who the Panj Pyaare were, what is their significance and the evolution of their perceptions over the last 300 years.