AMRITSAR SAHIB—Strongly condemning the move of terming the ‘Pangat’ (partaking ‘langar’ while sitting on ground) as an unhygienic by a Sydney based Gurdwara Committee, the SGPC president S. Gobind Singh Longowal has said that nobody in this universe holds right to change the code of conduct of ‘langar’. Notably, a Sydney based Gurdwara committee has asked the devotees there to partake ‘langar’ on chairs by terming the partake of ‘langar’ on ground as an unhygienic.
Citing the Sikh code of conduct, Longowal has said that the concept of ‘langar’ inside Sikh shrines is related to ‘Pangat’ and even the Mughal emperor Akbar had partook ‘langar’ at Sri Goindwal Sahib by sitting in ‘Pangat’. He has suggested the concerned Gurdwara Committee members to understand the religious, social and spiritual aspects of ‘langar’ than just taking it as a way to satisfy the hunger of stomach.
