Inside India’s Sikh temple community kitchen

Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in New Delhi is one of the biggest Sikh temples in the world. Its kitchen resembles a food factory due to which between 40,000-50,000 people get free meals every day.
The mass meal or langar is open round the clock for people from all communities. Majority of the kitchen staff is made up of volunteers known as sewadars.
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[@Reme873]

Friends ,It's not a sikh temple its called Gurudwara .Most of the world still remains ignorant of what a sikh place of worship is called

[@anjaananjaan5107]

Well it is easy for foreigners to understand and remember. Most important thing is how a Sikh practices what he learns from his religion.

[@adsingh54321]

Its a Sikh temple in English language

[@SLAVEOFAKAAL-PURAKH]

Right

[@SLAVEOFAKAAL-PURAKH]

Alamdeep Singh Nope! Gurduwara! Do you translate your name in English differently?

[@sikhtraveller8860]

@@adsingh54321 oye its not

[@Tia-Marie]

I'd love to spend a month peeling vegitables from about sundown to sunrise at this temple. If I could only be as lucky to be able to afford to go to or live near a community of people so dedicated towards each other and others!

[@anjaananjaan5107]

You can start doing it in a local Sikh Temple in area where you live. Community is dedicated for sure. Getting better. A recent flood in Punjab has made the community do a lot to help people who lost every thing. Donations from Sikhs living in foreign countries are expected to be more than 1 million pounds. Communities are not perfect just like every one else.

[@Jasvinder518]

There's probably a Gurudwara near you

[@jazsm5385]

They're right. Visit a nearby gurudwara, I'm sure there's gonna be one.

[@gamingsingh4004]

You dont have to go to anyway to do it. You can do it at your home, make a meal and give it to ppl who need it.

[@holdmybeer]

as an agnostic this is my favorite religion.

[@yubi-kun958]

@AKHIL SHARMA HINDU INDIA As a Indian and Hindu, I can guarantee you are not a Indian or Hindu.

[@mrjossan8752]

Come everyone sikh temple we are all one 4 door open means south west north east. All side people coming.

[@marcusanark2541]

Much admiration for all involved!

[@kikaniin7731]

Nice one i hv been there last year we eat together ❤️❤️nobody different in social status

[@jayfloramusic]

Jay Flora I'm mentally an agnostic so it's great that I was born as a Sikh. Else I would've questioned my religion too much. Now I just don't have too many questions. Satnam Waheguru!

[@ksg7821]

Thank you for the good informative coverage.

[@gurjeetjeet4380]

ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ

[@gurjeetjeet4380]

ਧੰਨ ਧੰਨ ਸੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ

[@knowwhere4185]

Waheguru di ka Khalsa waheguru di ki fateh

[@satyadev6391]

🙏SatnaamSreeWaheguruji🙏

[@shivam1618kumar]

The concept of langar which was designed to be upheld among all people, regardless of religion, caste, colour, creed, age, gender, or social status-was an innovative charity and symbol of equality introduced by the Hindu religion king Chandragupta Maurya in early 4th century (also called Bhandara in Hinduism) later on the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak around 1500 CE got influenced by this and start doing this practice in North Indian state of Punjab. The roots of such community kitchen institutions and volunteer-run charitable feeding is very old in Sikh traditions; the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Ching (7th century CE) wrote about monasteries with such volunteer-run kitchens. A related concept emerged from the practices of, Faruddin Ganjshara Sufi saint living in the Punjab region during the 13th century, who would redistribute sweets his visitors would bring to his khalifas and common devotees. This concept developed, over time, into langar-khana near his shrine, a practice documented in Jawahir al-Faridi compiled in 1623 CE. "Satnam Shree Waheguruji"

[@dilkhushpreetkaur43]

I am thankful such peaceful and kind souls existed on this earth by the grace of god. Thanks for the information.

[@udays4452]

These English subtitles are under adequate. Doesn’t capture what the man was saying by a mile.

[@kdkd7001]

It is not temple it is gurdwra sahib

[@dhillonsydney3644]

Temple English word

[@sunnyheerusa9949]

❤️

[@asisjotsingh2866]

GOod

[@bgill5585]

Langar was started over 500 years ago by Guru Nanak in rejection of the caste system and to promote the equality of all. Here, all people regardless of social status, religion, caste or gender sit as equals and share the same food as one humanity. The Langar is an integral part of all Sikh Gurdwara''s in all corners of the World. Despite Sikhism being one of the smallest World Religions literally millions of people are served free food through Langar every single day.

[@pranavbagurjagadeesha1208]

Sikhs are not only from India, but also from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Please correct your mistakes!

[@Amrit-Cooking-Class]

Sikh not say sikh temple actually they say Gurudwara Sahib

[@sikhtraveller8860]

Its not temple its a Gurdwara sahb

[@bsinghberry8195]

Its not a temple its gurudawara sahib

[@avtarsinghtari1939]

नानक नाम चारदी कला तेरे बाणे सर्वत दा भला, गुरु नानक जी ने 1480 मे लंगर की शुरुवात की थी की कोई भूका ना सोये सिख कोम ने ये जारी रखा और जबतक दुनिया मे सिख हैं लंगर चलता रहेगा चाहे वो दुनिया का कोई भी देश हो

[@rahularora1053]

🤗

[@FourthHorseRider]

tuta puwa