Canada-based Guru Ravidass mission against separate granth
Varinder Singh
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, February 11
Sikh religious organisations, including the SGPC, that have been opposing the idea of a separate granth for Ravidassias have got support from unexpected quarters in the Vishwa Guru Ravidass Mission. The Canada division of the mission has not only condemned the creation of the separate granth, but has also sought the restoration of the old maryada at Benaras-based Seer Govardhanpur shrine by holding parkash of Guru Granth Sahib.
Vehemently supporting the existing religious set-up, wherein parkash of Guru Granth Sahib was held at Guru Ravidass and other gurdwaras, mission’s Canada wing president Sital Dass Kaler has said that the recent announcement pertaining to the separate granth for Ravidassias has left society divided. “Such an act has hurt the sentiments of all. I want to ask the Dera Ballan Trust as to whether deras and other religious places are to connect people or to separate them in the name of religion. How can we shun bani like this?” he said in a letter sent to the SGPC.
“The main religious shrine of Seer Govardhanpur does not belong to one dera or an organisation, but it is a religious place for all. We want that the community should not get torn apart and that the old maryada should be restored at Govardhanpur shrine,” said Sital Dass Kler.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥