:dateline:Following the release of the latest�SGPC calendar, various Sikh outfits have outright rejected the proposed changes. �Pro-Nanakshahi outfits have labelled the latest edition of the calendar as Bikrami (lunar) calendar, labelled�as Nanakshahi calendar for the 548th year. �The move by SGPC has reignited the old controversy over the calendar.
While there is significant support for the Nanakshahi calendar, number of Sikh organizations are also supporting the changes made by SGPC. �Namely, the Damdami Taksal and Sant Samaj have long opposed the Nanakshahi calendar released by Pal Singh Purewal, alleging it based on the modern Gregorian calendar. �However, the SGPC’s move to make extensive changes to its own calendar without much consultation is drawing sharp criticism from a big faction of the Panth.
In a press note shared with Sikh24, the president of the Sikh Youth Front, Dr. Sharanjit Singh Rataul has strongly condemned the SGPC�s move. He has said that the RSS has established its direct control over Sikh shrines via moves such as this.
It may be recalled that the basic Nanakshahi Calendar was earlier released by the SGPC in 2003 which was later amended to include elements of the�Bikrami Calendar. The basic Nankshahi Calendar was widely accepted due to�it conforming to scientific norms as far as calendar systems are concerned, however at the same time, it alienated many traditional Sikh organizations. �Despite SGPC’s amendments, a number of Sikh organizations, including number of Gurdwaras based in Pakistan, North American and Europe have announced to celebrate religious holidays as per the original Nanakshahi calendar.
STUPID GODLESS PATHETIC COLLABORATORS !! this is so so true! These kute keeps making changes as it suits them….. Sikh community should all boycott whatever changes they make! Yes Makkar his chamche do look real bad…mash .. They have their own ruling.
Stupid Godless Pathetic Collaborators (SGPC) shoot themselves in the foot again. And I am telling you this photo of Makkar and his acolytes does look like a group mugshot with these budmash holding up their calendar in the same way arrested persons hold up a placard with their name, weight, and other relevant booking information on it.