The initiation into the brother and sisterhood of the Khalsa started on the 30^th March 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh, the ceremony consists of preparing �Amrit� (Nectar) by putting water in a bowl, adding sugar and stirring it with a double edged sword while five baptised Sikhs each recite a prayer. The person who is being baptised then takes the vows of the Khalsa and drinks five palmfuls of Amrit. He is given the name �Singh� (meaning Lion) or she is given �Kaur� (meaning Princess) after their name and they then wear the 5 K�s of the Khalsa.