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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 180867" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>BBC NEWS - 8 March 2013 Last updated at 05:13 ET </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Sikh temples feel strain of helping the homeless</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>By Divya Talwar</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/66273000/jpg/_66273959_gurdwarapic3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong></strong></span></p><p> <span style="color: Navy"><strong>BBC Asian Network Sikh women preparing food in the temple kitchen</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The smell of onions and Indian spices fills the large room. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The kitchen is open from 05:00 each morning and will feed langar - the free meal available to all worshippers - to nearly 300 people throughout the day. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Peter Lowe is a non-Sikh and is one of the people here this lunchtime, sitting on the carpeted floor of the langar hall with the worshippers. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Mr Lowe, 28, starting coming to the gurdwara when he was homeless a few years ago. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''I didn't have a job and I couldn't access any benefits, and I was struggling to feed myself'', he recalls while eating the langar. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"Someone told me about the gurdwara and how I could come here to eat a hot meal. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"When I first came, I didn't know what to expect. But everyone was very friendly and welcoming - they showed me around and never asked me for anything. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"I would come to the gurdwara a couple of times a week. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"It gave me a lot of support knowing that there was somewhere I could go to when it was cold and wet outside and I had nowhere else to go. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''The gurdwara was like my sanctuary.'' </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Mr Lowe is now back on his feet and is studying at the University of Leicester.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The Guru Nanak gurdwara in Leicester is just one of the places of worship which has seen a sharp rise in the number of people turning up for food and shelter. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Anyone can enter a gurdwara, irrespective of religion, sex or background and all visitors are welcome to have langar. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">There are about 300 gurdwaras across the UK and the Sikh Council UK says thousands of Sikhs and non-Sikhs are turning up each week for meals and shelter. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''The homeless and hungry people coming to our gurdwaras is a growing trend we have seen in the last couples of years,'' said Sukhvinder Padda, the assistant secretary general of the Sikh Council UK. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''The economic situation has affected many families and gurdwaras are experiencing the outcome of that. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''More people are turning to our places of worship because there is growing awareness about gurdwaras and the fact that they are open to everyone,'' said Mr Padda. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Continue reading the main story What is langar?Every gurdwara has a langar where all people are welcome to a free meal regardless of their sex, colour or religion. There are no rituals observed in the langar and everyone eats together. All the food is vegetarian so that no religious group is offended.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Guru Nanak Dev Ji established the langar because he rejected the Hindu caste system where people of different castes do not eat together. Guru Nanak Dev Ji wanted to stress the idea that everyone is equal. Everyone shares the tasks of preparation, cooking, serving and cleaning. This shows sewa - selfless service to the others in the sadhsangat (community), the gurdwara, and the world outside.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The teaching of the langar was continued by Guru Amar Das Ji (the third Guru) who made a rule that no one, however important, could see him until they had first eaten in the langar.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Many gurdwaras are having to cope with problems of anti-social behaviour on their premises.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''This is a place of worship and on the board outside we have a clear sign saying, 'Please do not bring alcohol, cigarettes or drugs into the gurdwara','' said Sulakhan Singh Dard, the vice president of the Guru Nanak gurdwara. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''But we are having problems every single week with anti-social people who are drunk or taking drugs coming into our gurdwara. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"I have had to clean vomit in the toilets and pick up cigarette butts left in the langar hall. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''Some people become threatening or violent when we turn them away and we are regularly having to call the police. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">"On one occasion someone we turned away told us he would come back with a double-barrel shotgun and shoot us all down," he said.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">While most gurdwaras are happy to welcome homeless people or anyone that is hungry on to their premises they will not tolerate individuals who do not abide by the rules of the temple. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''It is not acceptable to have to deal with anti-social behaviour in our premises," said Mr Padda. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">''The government, the social services and local authority should be doing more to help these people. It has become a real burden and stress for our gurdwara." </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>What is langar?</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Every gurdwara has a langar where all people are welcome to a free meal regardless of their sex, colour or religion. There are no rituals observed in the langar and everyone eats together. All the food is vegetarian so that no religious group is offended.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Guru Nanak Dev Ji established the langar because he rejected the Hindu caste system where people of different castes do not eat together. Guru Nanak Dev Ji wanted to stress the idea that everyone is equal. Everyone shares the tasks of preparation, cooking, serving and cleaning. This shows sewa - selfless service to the others in the sadhsangat (community), the gurdwara, and the world outside.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">The teaching of the langar was continued by Guru Amar Das Ji (the third Guru) who made a rule that no one, however important, could see him until they had first eaten in the langar.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Source: BBC Religion</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21711980#" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21711980#</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 180867, member: 884"] [COLOR="Navy"][B]BBC NEWS - 8 March 2013 Last updated at 05:13 ET [SIZE="5"]Sikh temples feel strain of helping the homeless[/SIZE] By Divya Talwar [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/66273000/jpg/_66273959_gurdwarapic3.jpg[/IMG] BBC Asian Network Sikh women preparing food in the temple kitchen[/B] The smell of onions and Indian spices fills the large room. The kitchen is open from 05:00 each morning and will feed langar - the free meal available to all worshippers - to nearly 300 people throughout the day. Peter Lowe is a non-Sikh and is one of the people here this lunchtime, sitting on the carpeted floor of the langar hall with the worshippers. Mr Lowe, 28, starting coming to the gurdwara when he was homeless a few years ago. ''I didn't have a job and I couldn't access any benefits, and I was struggling to feed myself'', he recalls while eating the langar. "Someone told me about the gurdwara and how I could come here to eat a hot meal. "When I first came, I didn't know what to expect. But everyone was very friendly and welcoming - they showed me around and never asked me for anything. "I would come to the gurdwara a couple of times a week. "It gave me a lot of support knowing that there was somewhere I could go to when it was cold and wet outside and I had nowhere else to go. ''The gurdwara was like my sanctuary.'' Mr Lowe is now back on his feet and is studying at the University of Leicester. The Guru Nanak gurdwara in Leicester is just one of the places of worship which has seen a sharp rise in the number of people turning up for food and shelter. Anyone can enter a gurdwara, irrespective of religion, sex or background and all visitors are welcome to have langar. There are about 300 gurdwaras across the UK and the Sikh Council UK says thousands of Sikhs and non-Sikhs are turning up each week for meals and shelter. ''The homeless and hungry people coming to our gurdwaras is a growing trend we have seen in the last couples of years,'' said Sukhvinder Padda, the assistant secretary general of the Sikh Council UK. ''The economic situation has affected many families and gurdwaras are experiencing the outcome of that. ''More people are turning to our places of worship because there is growing awareness about gurdwaras and the fact that they are open to everyone,'' said Mr Padda. Continue reading the main story What is langar?Every gurdwara has a langar where all people are welcome to a free meal regardless of their sex, colour or religion. There are no rituals observed in the langar and everyone eats together. All the food is vegetarian so that no religious group is offended. Guru Nanak Dev Ji established the langar because he rejected the Hindu caste system where people of different castes do not eat together. Guru Nanak Dev Ji wanted to stress the idea that everyone is equal. Everyone shares the tasks of preparation, cooking, serving and cleaning. This shows sewa - selfless service to the others in the sadhsangat (community), the gurdwara, and the world outside. The teaching of the langar was continued by Guru Amar Das Ji (the third Guru) who made a rule that no one, however important, could see him until they had first eaten in the langar. Many gurdwaras are having to cope with problems of anti-social behaviour on their premises. ''This is a place of worship and on the board outside we have a clear sign saying, 'Please do not bring alcohol, cigarettes or drugs into the gurdwara','' said Sulakhan Singh Dard, the vice president of the Guru Nanak gurdwara. ''But we are having problems every single week with anti-social people who are drunk or taking drugs coming into our gurdwara. "I have had to clean vomit in the toilets and pick up cigarette butts left in the langar hall. ''Some people become threatening or violent when we turn them away and we are regularly having to call the police. "On one occasion someone we turned away told us he would come back with a double-barrel shotgun and shoot us all down," he said. While most gurdwaras are happy to welcome homeless people or anyone that is hungry on to their premises they will not tolerate individuals who do not abide by the rules of the temple. ''It is not acceptable to have to deal with anti-social behaviour in our premises," said Mr Padda. ''The government, the social services and local authority should be doing more to help these people. It has become a real burden and stress for our gurdwara." [B]What is langar?[/B] Every gurdwara has a langar where all people are welcome to a free meal regardless of their sex, colour or religion. There are no rituals observed in the langar and everyone eats together. All the food is vegetarian so that no religious group is offended. Guru Nanak Dev Ji established the langar because he rejected the Hindu caste system where people of different castes do not eat together. Guru Nanak Dev Ji wanted to stress the idea that everyone is equal. Everyone shares the tasks of preparation, cooking, serving and cleaning. This shows sewa - selfless service to the others in the sadhsangat (community), the gurdwara, and the world outside. The teaching of the langar was continued by Guru Amar Das Ji (the third Guru) who made a rule that no one, however important, could see him until they had first eaten in the langar. Source: BBC Religion [B]source:[/B] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21711980#[/url][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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