ECKANKAR was founded by Paul Twitchell (1909–1971) in California in the mid-1960s. Although the Hindi/Punjabi term Ek Onkar (literally "One God/Power") was most likely derived from Guru Nānak's Japjī (the first...

Eckankar, Religion of the Light and Sound of God, is a teaching that exists in multiple countries throughout the world, and is run largely on a volunteer basis through “ECK Centers.” The Eckankar headquarters are in Chanhassen, Minnesota (southwest...