I agree that the current state of affairs is definitly due to the gurdwara's lack of care and attention to thier own communities. The have marginalised their own sangat to build larger gurdwaras and so their own sangat had become lost and have no unserstanding of their own faith. But this doesn not give them an excuse to make a mockery of it for the sake of show.
Dear Punj Pyara.
I have been noting the work of this campaign for a bit and as far as I have seen/heard/understood. THEY are the ones sticking up for the community. The venue/organiser in question has had repeated requests not to take Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji to inappropriate locations, and several peaceful protests have been conducted previously, and they were even congratulated by several of the function attendees for doing the right thing!
The biased articles in the major papers go as as far as to fabricate things and you should not be so quick to believe everything you read. From what I understand, there was no violence or scuffle, no one was thrown to the floor and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji was handed over in a peaceful manner. The police were present during the whole thing.
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There is a bigger emphasis on why the 40 sikhs went on rampage in Slough and that is MONEY.
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It must be noted that several attempts were made to compromise and perform the anand karaj at a local gurdwara at the Respect for Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji's expense, but they refused.
Additionally, most of the 40 people (young, old, men and women) came from many miles away and none had anything to gain in terms on money.
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I feel Sickened that someone special day got spoilt because of this false pretence.
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What do you define as a special day? For the people in question the special day seems to be, read some lines from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, run around and do the laavan so they can get the saroop out and party on! They have no idea what a deep and spiritual commitment an anand karaj is. For them it's just another ritual to finish as quickly as possible before the reception. Their respect to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji was such that they ended up performing the wedding from a gutka instead of maharaaj, rather than give up on any of their partying!
If parties are so important, then there is a civil marriage court around the corner. What was the need of performing a "show" ceremony, since it seems to have no significance in their life? It was because of this that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji was taken from them.
Sorry for the rant.
Gursharan Singh