BBC Around The World In 80 Faiths - Sikhism The origins, beliefs and practices of Sikhism are explored by Peter Owen-Jones. He discovers how Sikhism had a violent birth when he attends the 300th anniversary of its greatest guru's death. He visits an important Sikh festival at Nanded in India, explains the origins of Sikhism and discusses the conflict between Hinduism and Islam some 300 years ago. At the temple where Guru Gobind Singh was assassinated he joins worshippers honouring the institutio