Sikh Council Uk - Anand Karaj

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Gurdwaras Agree on Anand Karaj

At a meeting held at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Southall, Gurdwaras today agreed on a number of issues regarding a consistent approach towards booking of Anand Karaj in Gurdwaras.

Sikh Council UK facilitated a meeting in partnership with Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Southall of Gurdwara parbhandaks to discuss protocols regarding Anand Karaj ceremonies.

Over 180 representatives of Gurdwaras from across the UK attended in person with written submissions from many other Gurdwaras, organisations and individuals. In a session lasting over three hours and with contributions from over 50 representatives decisions were reached on several resolutions by consensus. Resolutions agreed allow Gurdwaras to develop a consistent approach towards booking Anand Karaj ceremonies. The meeting began with Sikh Council UK Secretary General circulating and announcing details of proposals that had been put forward and that were to be debated.

Resolutions agreed include:

That all Sikhs, whether those involved in Gurdwara managements or those who have been involved in protests are all ultimately working to achieve the same ends.

That only a Sikh in accordance with the Sikh Rehat Maryada definition is allowed to be married in accordance with the Anand Karaj ceremony

That a person of non-Sikh origin who accepts the Sikh faith should demonstrate formal acceptance of this by including Singh or Kaur in their name.That any person of any community which has a historical tradition of following many tenets of the Sikh Faith and regularly engage in religious ceremonies and contribute to the Gurdwaras should be accepted for the Anand Karaj ceremony without question.Gurdwaras agree there should be put in place appropriate processes, procedures and resources to allow for education and reflection by couples prior to Anand Karaj booking being confirmed.

Sikh Council UK is requested to coordinate the development of appropriate education processes, procedures and resources for use by Gurdwaras. Sikh Council UK will involve organisations and individuals including youth organisations in this developmental work.

Those Sikhs who are involved in protests at Gurdwaras are requested to refrain from any further protests for a period of six months to allow education processes, programmes and resources to be developed and implemented by Gurdwaras.

Sikh Council UK will continue working with Gurdwaras, organisations and individuals to resolve community issues through dialogue in the best interests of the community.

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Gurinder Singh Josan

Spokesperson and

Head of Political Engagement

Sikh Council UK

E: gurinders.josan@sikhcounciluk.org

W: http://www.sikhcounciluk.org

Heres A Video Of The Events aswel

https://www.facebook.com/kul.singh.758/videos/10156047897495354/?hc_location=ufi

[Singh559]

Brilliantly done.

[Ranjeet01]

Let's just hope this resolution is followed through rather than mere lip service.

[Cisco_Singh]

Let's just hope this resolution is followed through rather than mere lip service.

Therein lies the problem. Rogue corrupt Gurdwara commitees who carry out sham and karaj ceremonies for monetary gain, are fully aware that there is no enforceable consequences.

I.e: sikh council, sikh federation etc are only advisory bodies that can provide guidance. If these corrupt Gurdwara commitees choose to ignore this guidance there is no legally enforceable consequences. Which is why they keep doing these sham weddings, the Akal Takht hukumnama 2007 already clarified the anand karaj issue, but these rogue masand commitee members carry on flouting the rules.

Noticeably some of the Gurdwaras this'd are the biggest offenders of sham marriages didn't even send any of their representatives to the meeting where these guidelines were agreed.

Also there are rogue individuals with there own private Gurdwaras seeing the opportunity to make some money here and offering to carry out inter faith anand karaj.

What's the solution to rogue anti panthic Gurdwara commitees ? Should Akal Takht blacklist and excommicate these Gurdwaras and their commitee members ?

[Ranjeet01]

Therein lies the problem. Rogue corrupt Gurdwara commitees who carry out sham and karaj ceremonies for monetary gain, are fully aware that there is no enforceable consequences.

I.e: sikh council, sikh federation etc are only advisory bodies that can provide guidance. If these corrupt Gurdwara commitees choose to ignore this guidance there is no legally enforceable consequences. Which is why they keep doing these sham weddings, the Akal Takht hukumnama 2007 already clarified the anand karaj issue, but these rogue masand commitee members carry on flouting the rules.

Noticeably some of the Gurdwaras this'd are the biggest offenders of sham marriages didn't even send any of their representatives to the meeting where these guidelines were agreed.

Also there are rogue individuals with there own private Gurdwaras seeing the opportunity to make some money here and offering to carry out inter faith anand karaj.

What's the solution to rogue anti panthic Gurdwara commitees ? Should Akal Takht blacklist and excommicate these Gurdwaras and their commitee members ?

These types are mere sociopaths and have no conscience in their wrong doing. What these types do care about is "showing face" and their wallets.

This is where I think these types need to be punished. They need to be publicly outed so their bhesti is done and the Gurdwaras should be fined in the tens of thousands, and commitee members personally should be fined as well.

Ultimately I think there needs to be structural changes made in types of governing institutions that run gurdwarae.

[garch]

Therein lies the problem. Rogue corrupt Gurdwara commitees who carry out sham and karaj ceremonies for monetary gain, are fully aware that there is no enforceable consequences.

I.e: sikh council, sikh federation etc are only advisory bodies that can provide guidance. If these corrupt Gurdwara commitees choose to ignore this guidance there is no legally enforceable consequences. Which is why they keep doing these sham weddings, the Akal Takht hukumnama 2007 already clarified the anand karaj issue, but these rogue masand commitee members carry on flouting the rules.

Noticeably some of the Gurdwaras this'd are the biggest offenders of sham marriages didn't even send any of their representatives to the meeting where these guidelines were agreed.

Also there are rogue individuals with there own private Gurdwaras seeing the opportunity to make some money here and offering to carry out inter faith anand karaj.

What's the solution to rogue anti panthic Gurdwara commitees ? Should Akal Takht blacklist and excommicate these Gurdwaras and their commitee members ?

Leamington and havelock rd didn't attend, 3 guesses where they stand on the issue.

I can see somebody eventually getting hurt for their act of beadbi.

Akal takt jathedar really ought to summon the offenders or issue an edict for sikhs to boycott these committee members (by name) before singhs need to take matters into their own hands.

[Cisco_Singh]

Also interesting that the Sikh council press release outlined that protests should be halted for a six month period , why ?

To appease the corrupt committees that have already taken money for interfaith marriages to take place , and to get the current tax year or of the way ?

These corrupt masand commitee members don't want to return the money they have already taken, ... They might not be able to build that extension on their house or buy that new Mercedes...

[DTF]

True.

Rather than having the income go towards the upkeep of our Gurdwara's and the propagation of Sikhi ...

Let's instead ensure that all such income goes instead to Mandirs, Churches, Derawad followers and corrupt Masands

[Cisco_Singh]

True.

Rather than having the income go towards the upkeep of our Gurdwara's and the propagation of Sikhi ...

Let's instead ensure that all such income goes instead to Mandirs, Churches, Derawad followers and corrupt Masands

The sanctity of Sikh religious ceremonies and rehit maryada are infinitely more important than the illusion of Maya I.e: money, cash, greed.

Those that forsake their ethics, principles and dharam for Maya are indeed lost.

[DTF]

I agree Cisco Singh that the sanctity of a Gurdwara comes first before money.

But pushing people away from Sikhi to get their marriages blessed at Mandirs and Churches and Dera scams is totally self-defeating for us as we enrich our enemies and strengthen their populations whilst weakening our own Panth's.