When we reached Delhi our sir took all of us to a Gurudwara near chandni chowk but the question was coming on my mind why he is taking all of us there, as there was no such location on tour, later I came to know that there was free accommodation and free meals arrangement in Gurudwara, that's why he was taking us there, I was annoyed being paid full money for hotel then also he is taking us to such a place as up to that time I was never visited to any of Gurudwara, being angry mood I followed all my mates after reaching there , I found nothing was better then this place. All the boys were thrown to another place as they were not allowed to shave. For a moment, if one pushes the religious fact aside, it is no ordinary feat to serve a meal to thousands of people in a day and that too round-the-clock. Forty to fifty thousand people, on an average, partakes of langar every day at seeshganj chadni chowk. "On Sundays, festival days and Masya, the number exceeds 1 lakh” Serving such a huge gathering is not an easy task. But, the devotion and selfless service of the sewadars makes the job simple. "More than 300 permanent sewadars who work at the langar. They knead dough, cook food, serve people and perform a number of other jobs. Also, there are a good number of volunteers, both men and women, who work in kitchen and langar hall. They also wash and wipe the utensils. "In the washing hall they have four sewadars to supervise the work," Of course, an elaborate arrangement is in place to cook and serve food at such a large scale. The langar is prepared in kitchens, which have 11 hot plates (tawi), several burners, machines for sieving and kneading dough and several other utensils. At one tawi, 15 people work at a time. It is a chain process - some make balls of dough, others roll rotis, a few put them on the tawi and rest cook and collect them.It is all done so meticulously that one is surprised to see that on one hot plate, in just two hours, over 20 kg of flour is used to make rotis. It is fine team of man and machine that makes it possible for the Gurudwara to provide 24-hour langar on all days.
Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib
At last I can say that my sir saved some money but shown me the real fact of sikh people serving for the mankind, hats off to those guys who never see the difference between a upper class and lower class....... THE WAY TO LANGAR IS ON TODAY AFTER 15 YRS ALSO.
wt to say ... I did eat many time in those langers (tempeles) ...
ReplyDeletenot coz I wanted to save money ... but coz I dun want to ask for more money from home ...
those R days I faced truth of life .. no money no honey .. :P