Jathedar Nandgarh Refuses To Bury Hatchet

[Azaad]

Jathedar, Damdama Sahib, Balwant Singh Nandgarh today refused to sit with other Sikh high priests in the SGPC’s Teja Singh Samundri Hall during the Sikh conclave, called at the behest of Jathedar Akal Takht to discuss the Golden Temple lookalike at Mastuana. Nandgarh preferred to sit as a commoner in the hall with other Sikhs.

Jathedar Nandgarh is annoyed with Jathedar Patna Sahib who had challenged supremacy of Akal Takht. He has said that he would continue to stay away from the meetings of Sikh clergy if Giani Iqbal Singh was called in the meetings of Sikh high priests. Nandgarh did not attend the informal meeting at Akal Takht secretariat, before the Sikh conclave.

Earlier, decision of Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh taken last year to lift six-month-old ban imposed on Giani Iqbal Singh, Jathedar of Patna Sahib, from attending the meetings of Sikh clergy had annoyed Nandgarh.

Nandgarh and Jathedar Iqbal Singh have been at loggerheads over supremacy of Akal Takht. Nandgarh was agitated over the statement of Giani Iqbal Singh for challenging existence of Takht Damdama Sahib. Giani Iqbal Singh had claimed Takht Patna Sahib was the supreme temporal authority of the Sikhs.

Giani Iqbal Singh was invited to the meeting allegedly without consulting Jathedar Nandgarh.

However, Jathedar Iqbal Singh said he would not give in writing that Akal Takht was supreme as sought by Jathedar Nandgarh.

[chatanga]

does anybody know why Giani IqBal Singh sees Takht Sri Patna Sahib as the supreme power?

[singhsingh21]

Damdama Sahib wasn’t recognised as a Takht until Baba Pooran Dass Maharaji (when Tora was in charge) fought for it to be given a Takht status.

[satpunga singh]

panjwa takht Buddha Dal

[jassa]

does anybody know why Giani IqBal Singh sees Takht Sri Patna Sahib as the supreme power?

because during mata jis time just after the shahidi of banda bhadar ... khalsa wrote chithis to mata ji that in order to survive sikhs need to loot as there is no money ... then mata ji replied back that sikhs ( guru ki fauj ie nihang singhs ) can control gurudwara sahibs and do seva and can use the charhava money to live ... before that all the money even akal takths sahibs charhava was send to patna sahib from where it was distributed ... takth patna sahib was khajana of guru ghara .... this is one of many reasons in which patna sahibs status was over other takths ... but there were many facts that shows akal takth superior some show hazor sahib biggest takth ... some show budhadal as its a moving takth ... its just our eyes and mind how we look at history ...

Nandgarh is drame baz ... he drinks sharab which is known to everyone whose in sikh politics ... and few of many of his dramas

1. during 300 saala he didnt go to matha teek inside takth as sri dasam granth was parkashed ...

2. when he was stopped from from making dasam granth issue from the common stage of sikh panth he left his speech in between and flied to punjab ...

3 the most shamefull act of his last year ... when i dont remember the place it was hanuman garh or something in punjabs border with rajasthan ... sikh jatha was not allowed entry ... it was dera sacha sauda issue ... they did ardas to guru granth sahib till we are not allowed entry we will not move ... rajasthan govt applied pressure on punjab sarkar to get them back ... badal phoned him and he was back ...

[chatanga]

does anybody know why Giani IqBal Singh sees Takht Sri Patna Sahib as the supreme power?

its just our eyes and mind how we look at history ...

too right jassa. a good point well made.