Reflections on Sikh Dharma at Fifty

ABSTRACT

Our panel on Sikh Dharma at Fifty, organized for the May 2023 Sikh studies conference at the University of California-Riverside, allowed me to update what I have previously written on 3HO/Sikh Dharma in light of recent developments affecting the organization. Here I reflect further upon (1) the internal evolution of Sikh Dharma and the self-identities of its followers, (2) the impact of Sikh Dharma – both the organization and its followers – on other Sikhs and Sikhi in North America, and (3) ways in which Sikh studies scholars have written about 3HO/Sikh Dharma positioning for the wider Sikh Panth.

KEYWORDS:

• Sikh Dharma organization
• 3HO/Sikh Dharma
• Gora Sikhs
• American Sikhs
• Yogi Bhajan

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This article was originally published with errors, which have now been corrected in the online version. Please see Correction (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17448727.2024.2330115)