Packet 8: Tossup 22

A “minstrel out of work” receives this substance from the Lord in a cup in an autobiographical hymn. The earliest form of one ritual involved pouring this substance over a leader’s toes and having followers drink it to ensure humility. This substance is drunk, sprinkled on the eyes, and poured on the hair (-5[1])five times (15[1])in a variant (-5[1])of that ritual (-5[1])first used for a group of men who (15[1])volunteered to be (15[2])(*) beheaded. (10[5]-5[3])The (10[1])sanskar (10[3]-5[2])named (-5[2])for this substance (10[1])is based on (10[1])a 1699 (-5[1])ritual (10[1])in which it was made by stirring sweetened (-5[1])water (10[1])with a double-edged sword. (10[1])Five people representing (10[1])the original Panj Piare (10[1])use this substance to initiate Khalsa (-5[1])members. A city founded by (10[1])the fourth Guru was renamed for a bathing pool (10[1])of this (10[1])purifying (10[1])substance. (10[1])For 10 (-5[1])points, the Golden Temple (10[2])of the Sikhs (-5[1])is in a city named for what substance? (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[4])

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