Did You Know Every Donation To Darbar Sahib,sgpc Pays % Goes To Goi?

[saggu]

A bit more digging and you'll a percentage goes to the British Crown.

[N30S1NGH]

I don't know if it helps but its called temple tax and it started by british. But does not matter who started it? when our Bhai Mani Singh refused to pay taxed and was shahid.

That should set the precedent for leaders.

I wonder if this is under anandpur sahib resolution to remove temple tax?

[GPS]

Bhai N30singh ji

Bhai mani singh was appointed custodian of Darbar sahib by Mata sundri ji. he wanted to hold annual diwali gatherings of sikhs at akal takhat.Those days sikhs were living in hiding in jungles. Govt. of the day wanted tax from Bhai mani singh ji for that.

Tax amount was fixed by Govt and agreed to by Bhai sahib.Govt unleashed terror on sikhs and there was less gathering at Darbar sahib

because of that. Bhai sahib could not collect amount from offerings from sangat and hence was unable to pay the agreed amount.

http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/martyrs/mani.html

With the help of the Qazi, Bhai Mani Singh got permission from the Governor to allow Sikhs to have free access to Harmandir Sahib for ten days on the occasion of Diwali of 1737 A.D., on the condition to pay tax of Rupees five thousand and so he wrote letters to invite the Sikhs. The Governor and Diwan Lakhpat Rai secretly planned to kill the Sikhs coming for the pilgrimage. Bhai Mani Singh came to know of their plan in time. He sent messages to Sikhs not to come and so no fair was held.

The Governor called Bhai Mani Singh to Lahore and demanded the tax money. Bhai Mani Singh said, "What for should I pay the money when the fair was not held ?" Then the Governor asked Bhai Mani Singh to embrace Islam. He refused. Qazi Abdul Razak ordered that Bhai Mani Singh be cut joint by joint. On the 14th June, 1738 A.D., he was martyred at Nakhaas Chowk by cutting him joint by joint.

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SGPC was formed under sikh gurudwara act of 1925. It is avaliable on line.It has difefrent sections. Under which section this temple tax falls?

http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/Sikh_Gurrdwara_Act1925.pdf

[N30S1NGH]

Not sure singh sahib, to be honest all this comes very surprise to me..i just shared revelation on this by kamalroop singh on facebook on sikhsangat for wider awareness...i will ask him..as he is doing research on this.