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Sonam Kapoor And Anand Ahuja's Wedding In Trouble, Complaint Filed For Hurting Sikh Sentiments
The wedding celebrations for Anand Ahuja and Sonam Kapoor were lavish and grand in every sense of the word but looks like the wedding hasn't gone down well with a religious group in Punjab.
According to a Tribune report, Sonam Kapoor and businessman Anand Ahuja in a traditional "Anand Karaj ceremony held recently have courted a controversy over violation of the Sikh "rehat maryada (tenets).
Just to jog your memory a little, for the Anand Karaj ceremony, Guru Granth Sahib was brought from the Golden Temple in Amritsar and former head priest of the Golden Temple Jaswinder Singh was seen sitting behind the holy scripture to bless Anand and Sonam. Also, present there were hazoori ragi and ardasia (the person who performs ardas).
Former SGPC general secretary Sukhdev Singh Bhaur and former "Panj Pyaras has accused that SGPC staffers overlooked that Anand's "kalgi from turban was not removed in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib, which is a violation.
Now they are seeking the intervention of Akal Takht and are demanding action against the SGPC staffers, because of whom this violation at the ceremony occurred.
The Tribune report quotes Sukhdev Singh Bhaur saying,
"It was a violation of Sikh tenets if anyone sits before Guru Granth Sahib with a kalgi on turban. This implies that the person is equating himself to the stature of Gurus."
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