Round 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 five times in a variant of that ritual first used for a group of men who volunteered to be (*) beheaded. (10[1])The sanskar named for this substance is based on a 1699 ritual in which it was made by stirring sweetened water with a double-edged sword. Five people representing the original Panj Piare use this substance to initiate Khalsa members. A city founded by the fourth Guru was renamed for a bathing pool of this purifying substance. For 10 points, the Golden Temple of the Sikhs (-5[1])is in a city named for what substance? ■END■ (0[1])

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