Sikhism adapts to the demands of modern life as it is open to anyone willing to embrace its practices and doctrines. Sikhism, one of the most scientific and modern religions in the world, is the fifth largest religion. A distinctive feature of Sikh religious practice compared to other faiths is the vibrant Sikh identity, which culturally, spiritually and visually is able to be evident among the crowd. Sikhism has become primarily and identifiably a way of appearing, which is the decisive threshold between being “Sikh” or not, between being someone and being anyone. The identity of a Sikh is known as “Khalsa”, which means “community of the pure” (Takhar, 2005). The Khalsa is an example of a transnational religious community, whose sole purpose was to establish a military office of “holy soldiers”. The Khalsa refers to baptized Sikhs, who have taken “amrit paul” (Nesbitt, 2002). The Khalsa was responsible for both the protection and administration of the community. According to Sikhism, a Sikh should be a scholar, a saint and a soldier of God, who must live by the example as outlined in the Guru Granth Sahib. Sikhs have their own true identity, which is growing vividly and substantially as it possesses a separate religion, institutions, martial traditions, history and territory. Khalsa Sikhs could be recognized by the five articles of Sikhism, the Five Ks (McLeod, 2008). However, how does the portrait of a turbaned and bearded Sikh come to embody a religion whose antipathy to the worship of a sacred idol image is the hallmark of its difference from Hinduism? This research paper argues that theoretical accounts of the role of external appearance relative to the rest...... half of the paper ......7. McLeod, W. H. (2000). Exploring Sikhism: aspects of Sikh identity, culture and thought. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.8. McLeod, W. H. (2003). Sikhs of the Khalsa: a history of the Khalsa rahit. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.9. McLeod, W. H. (2004). Sikhs and Sikhism. Oxford India paperbacks. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.10. McLeod, H. (2008). The Five Ks of the Sikh Khalsa. Journal of the American Oriental Society, 128.2: 325-331.11. Nesbitt, E. (2002). The body in the Sikh religion. In S. Coakley (Ed.), Religion and the body (pp. 289-305). UK: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.12. Takhar, O. K. (2005). Sikh identity: An exploration of groups among Sikhs. Aldershot, England: Ashgate.13. Uberoi, J. P. S. (1991). Five symbols of Sikh identity. In T. N. Madan (Ed.), Religion in India (pp. 320 - 333). Delhi: Oxford University Press.