Hindu Sikhs

[neathgirl]

Please can anyone explain to me how someone can be a hindu sikh? I thought that they were two seperate religions.

Also, could someone re-direct me to info about the above as I am wanting to learn a bit more about this.

Thank you in advance

[JockSporran]

They are indeed two different religions, there is not a religion called 'Hindu-Sikhism'. But if a person is a Sikh who observes many of the elements of Hinduism they might call themself a 'Hindu Sikh' (in the same way as somebody might call themself a 'Christian Marxist').

Wikipedia.org gives a good explanation of the similarities and differences between the two faiths.

[neathgirl]

thanks for the reply much appreciated