Reckless Incident Leads To Beabdi Of Guru Granth Sahib Ji's Saroop At Gurdwara Dixie

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Reckless Incident leads to Beabdi of Guru Granth Sahib Ji's Saroop at Gurdwara Dixie

Tuesday 27th of November 2007

Panthic Weekly News Bureau

Brampton, Ontario (KP) – Panthic Weekly has learned from trusted sources that an incident that took place yesterday at the Dixie Gurdwara Sahib has led to severe beadbi of a saroop of Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Despite pressure from local Sangat, the committee members have decided to keep quiet on the matter and no official revelations have been so far.

A sevadar based in Ontario during a phone call informed Panthic Weekly that around 11 PM on November 24, some ‘unidentified’ kids entered the Akhand Path Sahib room (Room #5) and lit the chaur sahib on fire with matches. The fire from the chaur sahib passed down the rumallas and then caught the saroop of Guru Granth Sahib. The saroop was left unattended and still in parkash form although it well late at night. It was also learned that reckless sevadars are often blamed for not doing sukhasan of Guru Granth Sahib Ji’s saroops at night time.

It has not been revealed by the committee members for how long the fire kept burning but it has been learned that when sevadars reached the incident, binding and a major portion of the saroop was completely destroyed. The fire was so severe that it also destroyed the carpet underneath the palki. While this incident took place inside, Sangat in large numbers was present at the Gurdwara Sahib ‘enjoying’ the fireworks display that was going on outside on the day of Gurpurab.

After reaching the spot, the saroop was secretly transferred and locked up in the Sukhasan room. Agan-bhet sevadars were called in the morning and asked to perform saskar of the saroop secretly. Dixie Gurdwara has special machines to cremate birdh saroops, pathis and gutkas. The whole service was performed furtively from the Sangat.

The committee has been approached by local Singhs to reveal more information about the incident but it has decided to not share any information in public. Room #5 has at least three surveillance cameras installed but their footages have also been secreted from the Sangat.

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i just came across this article on panthic weekly and felt the sangat needed to know

[Akaali]

If you truly love your guru you wouldn't stand to see such carelessness, and let someone else worry about it. Dixie gurduaaraa is run by modern day masands, there's already a lawsuit filed against the commitee for misuse of funds, youth need to get more involved in the committee and with guru saheb's kirpa we can have something like BC, a committee with youth being a large part of it.

BC Sikh Youth Committee has done so much good in that community, they've bought a house for the granthi and ragi singhs to live in and they've paid off the house, among other really good projects, we need to start doing the same in Toronto. We need to wake up singho!

There will probably be a meeting on the weekend, daas will keep the sangat posted.

[N30S1NGH]

This is shocking, this new day masands are only good for khalistan talk and gain support from public not when it comes to maryada of guru sahib they are worst of all, this incident should be fully investigated and proper procedures should be put in place to avoid this incident again, procedures like- enforce rules kids are not allowed to play in the darbar, assign an sevadar who can stay in darbar halls all the time, put notices everywhere kids playing will not be allowed, warnings kids will be kicked if they are caught running around in the darbar. If anything, there should be separate sound proof room, just for mobile users/kids playing/women doing their talk and all that, all this has to banned from guru sahib darbar.

[Babbar Shere]

thats crazy. Those kids gotta be punished!

[Heera Singh]

which group of singhs approached the committee? what did they say? and what was the result?

[Amrit Kaur Khalsa]

How on earth could something like this happen? There should have been an adult there, and if there wasn't, it should have been locked. Summin needs to be done about gurdwara security and adult supervision...

BTW it's not just the women who do the talking

[rupinder singh]

This is shocking, this new day masands are only good for khalistan talk and gain support from public not when it comes to maryada of guru sahib they are worst of all, this incident should be fully investigated and proper procedures should be put in place to avoid this incident again, procedures like- enforce rules kids are not allowed to play in the darbar, assign an sevadar who can stay in darbar halls all the time, put notices everywhere kids playing will not be allowed, warnings kids will be kicked if they are caught running around in the darbar. If anything, there should be separate sound proof room, just for mobile users/kids playing/women doing their talk and all that, all this has to banned from guru sahib darbar.

I think you just summed up 80 % of the Global Gurdwaras there. Neglect is the word that comes to mind. Whilst the sangat focus on fireworks, weddings, keeping relatives happy...who's then really bothering with the real sewa

[Manjot_13]

WHAT THE ?????? :lol:

[lovekhalistan]

I agree with you " Moderen day Masands at Dixie Gurdwara Sahib.

Another thing I noticed that old ladies talk soooooo loudly while ragies doing kirtan. Also old Babaes swearing dirty dirty inside gurdwaras.

[Sher Khalsa]

The commitee has nothing to do with this.

Paathis and Granthi take care of day to day stuff, commitee just pays bills, gets visas, does repairs.

this could have happened at any gurdwara.

its easy to blame people, but they should only be blamed if its really their fault.

It isnt the commitee that does parkash and sukhasaan of guru sahib.

it isnt the commitee that gives the kid a lighter or match.

it isnt the commitee that left guru sahib unattended