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First ever Agan Bhent Seva Samagam
in South India draws huge crowds
WSN Network
HYDERABAD:
Amidst chanting of shabad keertan, several old volumes of Guru
Granth Sahibji and other religious books that cannot be used anymore
for reading purpose because they are too old weathered were
consigned to flames as per Sikh Maryada at the newly-constructed
Angitha Saheb under the guidance of Baba Narinder Singhji of
Goindwal Saheb.
Prominent Sikh
leaders, including Akal Takht Sahib Jathedar Giani Joginder Singhji
Vedanti and Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC)
president Avtar Singh Makkar and head granthi of Darbar Sahib,
Amritsar Singh Sahib Giani Gurbachan Singh participated in the
landmark event.
The Sikh
community of South India,
with the approval of Akal Takht Sahib, the supreme temporal body of
the Sikhs, performed the first ‘Agan Bhent Seva Samagam’ on Sunday.
As many as 160 old swaroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji from Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and other places
were brought to Hyderabad for the ritual.
The SGPC
president also inaugurated the state-of-the-art Guru Nanak Medical
Centre at the Gurudwara Sahib, Secunderabad. The centre was
established by the the management committee of Gurdwara Sahib,
Secunderabad and Guru Nanak Charitable Trust at a cost of over Rs 1
crore.
Treatment will
be provided free of cost to those who cannot afford to pay,
irrespective of caste and creed or religion. Those who can afford
will have to pay 25 percent of the incurred cost and this will go to
help maintain the centre.
Secunderabad MP
Anjan Kumar Yadav, City Police Commissioner Balwinder Singh,
Controller Legal Metrology Tejdeep Kaur, president of Prabhandak
Committee Gurdwara Saheb, Secunderabad Baldev Singh Singh Bagga and
general secretary Avtar Singh were present on the occasion.
10 October, 2007
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