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Langar at the Airport
Fremont
Gurdwara leads initiative to spread awareness about Sikhism
WSN Network
 SAN
JOSE: In a spirit of sewa of the humanity and underlining the great
concept of Langar that demolishes barriers of caste, race, creed and
gender, the Sikh sangat of Fremont and the management of Gurdwara
Sahib, Fremont organized a langar at the San Jose International
airport to mark the Gurpurab of Sikhism's founder, Guru Nanak Dev ji.
In the fifth
such initiative of its kind carried out under the supervision of the
Fremont Gurdwara management, Gurinder Singh, treasurer of the
Fremont Gurdwara committee and an employee at the airport led the
initiave from the front, as Supreme Council member Bhai Nirmal Singh
Khalsa, chief sewadar of Gurughar, Bhai Harjot Singh Khalsa, general
secretary Satnam Singh Khalsa, senior vice president Hardev Singh,
Rajdeep Singh Pannu, Rampal Singh, Bhai Lehmbar Singh and others,
all lent a hand in ensuring flawless service and an enthusiastic
response.
The day long
langar went on with traditional fervor and many airport workers were
all praise for this venture of the Sikh community.
Well known
community leader Gurtej Singh Sandhu, who hails from village Ratta
Khera in Punjab, said it was Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji who taught us the
concept of sharing, and thus an initiative such as langar dissolves
all differences of politics etc when it comes to performing sewa.
He said all San
Jose companies have come forward for sewa and there was no issue as
to party affiliations.
 Amarjeet
Singh Hundal, who has been living in the
US
for nine years now, said it was a most wonderful initiative of
Gurdwara Fremont managers and it helps send the message of universal
welfare that is at the core of Sikhism. He saidthe entire Sikh quom
was united under the aegis of Sahib Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji.
S. Joga Singh
Bola, who had worked for some three years at the airport and had
come with his old colleagues to perform sewa at the langar, said
such an exercise tells a lot about the Sikhs to people of other
communities and sends a great signal to interfaith groups. Besides,
he said, the concept of traditional langar also spreads awareness
about our food which too is an important and crucial cultural
construct.
As for the
spirit of sewa that the langar at airport elicited in one and all,
he was all praise for it.
S. Santokh Singh
Samra, a senior Sikh leader of the Bay Area and well respected among
the airport staff since he has worked there for 15 years and has
been in the US for two decades, hailed the efforts made by the
Fremont Gurdwara managers for this langar and congratulated the team
that led the exercise.
 Among
those who performed sewa were Giani Kashmir Singh, Giani Surinder
Singh, Jaswant Singh Bains, Kashmir Singh Tracy, Sarpanch Hazoora
Singh, Randeep Singh Pannu, Amarinder Singh, Harmanjit Singh Sindhu,
Mandeep Singh, Jarnail Singh Khalsa and workers of car rental
companies including Hertz, Avis, Budget, National Enterprise,
Dollar, Thrifty etc.
Among others who
participated and encouraged the organizers were Jaswant Singh Hothi
of American Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, senior Sikh leader Balbit
Singh Dhillon, San Jose gurdwara senior member Balwant Singh Sangha,
international hockey player Jag Badesha.
S. Harjot Singh
Khalsa thanked everyone for their contribution and said Gurdwara
Sahib Fremont was working with a single objective of acting a link
between the sangat and Gurbani, the teachings of the Guru.
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December 2009
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