Orange Hazooria

[Sher Khalsa]

someone said orange hazooria is anti-gurmat?

WHY?

[Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji]

Such 'small' things shouldn't be labelled pro or anti-Gurmat as per my thinking...

Hazoorea is a part of Gurmukhi baana that you should have with you as much as possible, and absolutely when doing seva of any kind and while sitting in taabea of Guru Granth Sahib. For reference refer to the book Se Kanheaiya by Baba Seva Singh Ji.

Traditinally it was always white and even now most of Maha Purakhs/Jathedaars of different Jathebandis usually prefer white over other colors. I was once looking for pictures of Gursikhs online and couldn't find any pictures where anyone iswearing a kesri hazoorea.. the only exception was of those Gurmukhs from Nihung Singh Jathebandis.. I haven't come across any pictures of Taksali Singhs wearings hazooreas of other colors.

The reason why hazooreas are preffered to be white is because you can easily tell if it's dirty on that color.. where as with other colors, it's usually hard to tell which is clean to be worn in taabea of Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Sometimes ppl mistake 'siropaao' with 'hazoorea'. Siroopaos can be of any color because they are not meant to be used as hazoorea but to be worn on one's head.

Now if soemone does happen to wear a kesri hazoorea for one day.. s/he doesn't automatically become a tankhaaea as it is really a small thing if you think about it. But when that person is doing seva of Guru Granth Sahib ji, he or she should definetely try to have a white one on as traditionial ways are always encouraged :wub: ... If not, I personally wouldn't consider it a kurehit..

99.99% of the time I only wear white..

anyway, there were my own personal opinions..

[Niranjana]

Gur Fateh!

"Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji" thanks for your informed response.

I was wondering the same thing, as Manjot Singh Veer Ji indicated in his blog that he wore an "orange" hazooria whilst making his recent film and that he consider it to be 'anti-gurmat'.

He is entitled to his views, however please could the forum help me understand something.

Gurmat, the path of light, is a priniciple surely rather than a rule?

Maybe I am mistaken, however I always seek principles over rules, for principles are timeless and work for all solutions, rules are rigid, fixed, static and specific and often temporary.

Surely if one lives by 'gurmat' it is a reference to living in the spirit of Guru's Wisdom, the Gur (Light) Mat (way, path, wisdom, etc)?

Now to come back to this use of the term 'anti-gurmat', this is an interesting term I see used many times on this forum, another one would be Manmukh, which is easier to understand, however 'anti-gurmat' is used in a manner applicable to a rigid set of rules rather than universally acceptable, timeless principles.

Perhaps I am wrong, please offer your thoughts.

Thanks,

Niranjana.

[Sher Khalsa]

why do all the gurwaras give orange siropas than, which are basically used as hazoorias anywyas...

i fail to understand how orange hazooria can be anti-gurmat

[Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji]

Sikh Soldier, as I stated above, Siropaos are very different from hazooreas. Siropaos used to be given to someone who had done some Panthik work, not like nowadays when anyone gets it by giving a little donation. Siropaos are meant to be worn as dastars or as kamarkasse whereas hazoorea is to be worn in the neck so u can have easy access to it while doing paath, kirtan or any other type of seva.

Here's a recent article which is a bit related to siropao history: http://news.waheguroo.com/633Q6-12649-443Q...3-13732-39.html

Now i'm not 100% sure if Mann is saying that siropo maryara is wrong alltogether. But as I said, in past they were not presented to 'anyone' but rather on something big. For ex., when Baba Jernail Singh Ji became Jathedaar of Damdami Taksal, a lot of Gurmukhs tied siropae over top of his dastar. And I think that's how they were presented in past.

And now since many of us might be getting a siropao every month at our local Gurdwara Sahib, we have just started using them as hazooreas. Because we cannot really save all of them. And why would we want to save them? Getting one so often belittles the value of it. Imagine getting a siropao once in your life time! Wouldn't that mean something else to us?