Akal Takht Jathedar

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Sikh religious title religious office

The Akal Takht Jathedar is the highest temporal authority in Sikhism, serving as the chief spokesperson and decision-maker on religious and community matters from the Akal Takht in Amritsar.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jathedar	2
Jathedar of Akal Takht	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sikh religious title ⓘ religious office ⓘ
appointedBy	SGPC NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedFrom	Sikh clergy ⓘ
associatedWith	Khalsa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikh Panth NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityBasis	Akal Takht as supreme temporal seat of Sikhs NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityScope	Sikh community ⓘ
authorityType	temporal authority ⓘ
city	Amritsar NERFINISHED ⓘ
controversy	appointments sometimes disputed within Sikh community ⓘ
country	India ⓘ Republic of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionForm	gurmata ⓘ hukamnama ⓘ
expectedQualities	adherence to Sikh Rehat Maryada ⓘ knowledge of Sikh scriptures ⓘ moral integrity ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Akal Takht established by Guru Hargobind NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	global Sikh Panth NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Punjabi ⓘ
location	Amritsar NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Akal Takht NERFINISHED ⓘ Harmandir Sahib complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedBy	major Sikh organizations ⓘ
religion	Sikhism ⓘ
responsibility	coordinating with other Takhts ⓘ issuing religious directives to Sikhs ⓘ maintaining discipline in Sikh institutions ⓘ
role	arbiter in major religious disputes ⓘ chief decision-maker on Sikh community matters ⓘ chief spokesperson on Sikh religious matters ⓘ guardian of Sikh doctrine and tradition ⓘ interpreter of Sikh Rehat Maryada ⓘ issuer of hukamnamas ⓘ
scriptUsed	Gurmukhi ⓘ
seat	Akal Takht NERFINISHED ⓘ
seatLocatedIn	Golden Temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Harmandir Sahib NERFINISHED ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	political (within Sikh context) ⓘ religious ⓘ social ⓘ
state	Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleLanguage	Punjabi ⓘ
titleMeaning	leader (jathedar) of the Akal Takht ⓘ
tradition	Khalsa tradition ⓘ
worksWith	jathedars of other Sikh Takhts ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee → oversees → Akal Takht Jathedar ⓘ

Akal Takht → overseenBy → Akal Takht Jathedar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jathedar of Akal Takht

Akal Takht → hasTitleHolder → Akal Takht Jathedar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jathedar of Akal Takht

Nihang Sikhs → hasTitleForLeader → Akal Takht Jathedar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jathedar

Budha Dal → usesTitleForLeader → Akal Takht Jathedar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jathedar