Amritsar, August 19: After the recent Phoolka-Sarna controversy, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee head Avtar Singh Makkar (SGPC) and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) chief Paramjit Singh Sarna are at loggerheads again. This time, they are crossing swords over “disrespect” shown to holy ‘Birs’ (the Saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib), ‘Gutkas’ (brief narrations of Gurbani) and other holy books in various gurdwaras and other places in Delhi.
Makkar said they had found hundreds of religious scriptures lying in pitiable conditions, with many “submerged in sewerage water”. SGPC officials had been asked to go to Delhi and bring the holy scriptures back to Goindwal Sahib for their last rites. “In Sikh tradition, the Birs and Gutkas are cremated. We have brought hundreds of them to Goindwal.
Sarnas were approached for the same by many but they showed no respect, which amounts to blasphemy,” said Makkar, adding that now they would cremate the books with full honours.
According to SGPC officials, the religious books and holy scriptures were collected from Delhi with the help of local religious leader Baba Phuman Singh at Dera Karam Singh. “We have been told that many Sikhs had approached the DSGMC but Sarna and his brother Harvinder Singh Sarna did not even hear the complaints,” said a top SGPC office-bearer.
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh took a strong stand and supported Makkar. “The SGPC has every right to see if any disrespect is being shown to the holy books. It did the right thing by bringing the books here to cremate them in an appropriate manner,” he said.
He added that Baba Gurinder Singh at Goindwal had been entrusted with the task of cremating the scriptures. “It is a matter of concern that the Sarna brothers had shown disregard to the matter. We have received complaints against them and those are under consideration,” said the jathedar who discussed the matter in a hurriedly called meeting on Tuesday.
with thanks : SikhSangat
PLZ NOTE, we had shown pics of these Saroops of Guru Granth Sahib ji in our earlier posts.
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