<P> Guru Gobind Singh started the Khalsa tradition after his father had been beheaded for resisting the religious persecution of non-Muslims ( mainly Kashmiri Hindus ) during the rule of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb . Guru Gobind Singh created and initiated the Khalsa as a warrior with a duty to protect the innocent from any form of religious persecution . The Khalsa redefined the Sikh tradition from the start . It formulated an initiation ceremony ( amrit pahul , nectar ceremony ) and rules of conduct for the Khalsa warriors . It created a new institution for the temporal leadership of the Sikhs , replacing the masands system maintained by the earlier Gurus of Sikhism . Additionally , the Khalsa provided a political and religious vision for the Sikh community . </P>
what was the original purpose of the khalsa
to protect the innocent from any form of religious persecution