"पहले पंगत फिर संगत".. These lines are strongly etched in Gurbani, which means when a pilgrim arrives in a Gurudwara (house of guru, our eternal guide), the person must eat first, eat in a place where no one asks you about your religion, background or doesn't count on how much you eat... Countless, infinite अटूट is the word which flows in langar halls of gurudwaras.
Similar scenario today can be witnessed at Riverfront near NID at Ahmedabad where thousands of men have been deployed to do langar sewa i. e. Cooking and serving food for the house of Guru. 75 cooks or 'langari' from Punjab have come with 200 sewadars and 1000 'sewadars' volunteers from various other places to offer service in countless moving or swapping numbers.
Countless is the continuous term that is witnessed at places that have Guru Kripa and this day of 11th June 2017 at Ahmedabad is dedicated to celebrate 350th bith year of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.. The eternal name.
Impeccable, infinite with innumelrable flow of people, service men, offerings...
After eating is pray zone, the main sanctum or Darbar hall created can hold upto 15000 devotees. At the Darbar hall continuous 'kirtan' i. e singing hyms from Guru Grath goes on... And what then one can experience or witness.. Falling in love with the creator and His creation. Let me reiterate.. Even here no caste or creed or background is questioned.. Only pure love from the creator flows....
"एक नूर ते सब जग उपजीआ, कौन भले कौ मंदे" from one light all emerge, then who is good and who is bad...
All the sewa and service today is done under guidance of Baba Lakha Singhji. There are two huge tents constructed for langar ie food and snacks; three for "chabeel" serving cold milk, buttermilk etc.. Various for water.
Apart from this there is a camp where volunteers are coming forward to donate blood. There are electric rickshaws to help old and children to commute from the main entrance to the sanctum. Inside the sanctum there is wheel chair service to help senior citizens or ones facing physical challenge to reach out to Guru Granth Sahib...
Gujarat Tourism Corporation Ltd. has been a major support to conduct these activities. On a concluding note, Baba Lakhaji mentiond in order to spread message of peace, "humility and politeness are key qualities of a human, the more you have the more you succeed and if any one gets angry at you or misbehaves... Just fold your hands and move forward.. Bless him".
नानक नाम चढ़दी कला तेरे भाने सरबत दा भला....
Similar scenario today can be witnessed at Riverfront near NID at Ahmedabad where thousands of men have been deployed to do langar sewa i. e. Cooking and serving food for the house of Guru. 75 cooks or 'langari' from Punjab have come with 200 sewadars and 1000 'sewadars' volunteers from various other places to offer service in countless moving or swapping numbers.
Countless is the continuous term that is witnessed at places that have Guru Kripa and this day of 11th June 2017 at Ahmedabad is dedicated to celebrate 350th bith year of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.. The eternal name.
Impeccable, infinite with innumelrable flow of people, service men, offerings...
After eating is pray zone, the main sanctum or Darbar hall created can hold upto 15000 devotees. At the Darbar hall continuous 'kirtan' i. e singing hyms from Guru Grath goes on... And what then one can experience or witness.. Falling in love with the creator and His creation. Let me reiterate.. Even here no caste or creed or background is questioned.. Only pure love from the creator flows....
"एक नूर ते सब जग उपजीआ, कौन भले कौ मंदे" from one light all emerge, then who is good and who is bad...
All the sewa and service today is done under guidance of Baba Lakha Singhji. There are two huge tents constructed for langar ie food and snacks; three for "chabeel" serving cold milk, buttermilk etc.. Various for water.
Apart from this there is a camp where volunteers are coming forward to donate blood. There are electric rickshaws to help old and children to commute from the main entrance to the sanctum. Inside the sanctum there is wheel chair service to help senior citizens or ones facing physical challenge to reach out to Guru Granth Sahib...
Gujarat Tourism Corporation Ltd. has been a major support to conduct these activities. On a concluding note, Baba Lakhaji mentiond in order to spread message of peace, "humility and politeness are key qualities of a human, the more you have the more you succeed and if any one gets angry at you or misbehaves... Just fold your hands and move forward.. Bless him".
नानक नाम चढ़दी कला तेरे भाने सरबत दा भला....
Conrats for superb coverage and description. Sikhism never descrminate on any basis. Thanking u for promoting sikhism in right way
ReplyDeleteAwwal Allah Noor Upaya Qudrat Keh Sub Banday Aik Noor Keh Sub Jag Upajiya Kaun Bhale Ko Mandhe
ReplyDeleteAwwal Allah Noor Upaya Qudrat Keh Sub Banday Aik Noor Keh Sub Jag Upajiya Kaun Bhale Ko Mandhe
ReplyDeleteWaho waho Guru Govind singh, aape gur chela
ReplyDeleteOn the auspicious occasion of 350saal Guru Govind singh ji de naal, it was great event at riverfront
My heartly congratulations to the entire Khalsa team .
Many more such events should be conducted, serving the humanity