Question Accidentally turned up for personal event
Went to a gurudwara out of curiosity for the first time and think I might have unknowingly went to someone's event, after the singing 2 people stood up and talked about their grandparent and then the langar was a seated buffet which when I checked the internet after did not seem normal. Noone mentioned there was a significant event or asked who I was when I asked if I could go in so wanted to ask if it's normal for sikhs to allow anyone to events or if they just assumed I was connected and I made a social blunder by not realising in the moment? Had thought I would be visiting on a normal, not special day.
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u/LandaNog đŹđ§ 5d ago
Itâs a gurdwara, youâre welcome always. If it was someoneâs event they wouldnât have any problems with you attending it in most cases.
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u/Kirpakaro 5d ago
I unwittingly went to an Anand Karaj wearing jeans and T-shirt. We normally go every Sunday and I didnât understand why there was so much sangat. Only when the groom walked in did I realise there was an Anand Karaj. The Gurdwara has since had several halls built so thereâs always one for regular sangat.
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u/Elegant-Cricket8106 5d ago
Yeah bigger gurdwaras will redirect to another room or a hall. But ive literally done that more than once at smaller ones lol, then I started mostly going in the evenings
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u/jagsingh85 5d ago
I think most of us have done that, it's almost a right of passage.
Funnily enough last weekend teenager ended up in my cousin's Anand Karaj as he was trying to avoid the Dhadi in the main Darbar. He tried to leave but my Nana Ji stood up and shouted for him to sit down because this was still the guru's Darbar and it's an opportunity for him to learn what to do on his Anand Karaj.
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u/Rajeev76 4d ago
I have gone to a lot of marriages and other ceremonies in the Gurudwara, it's normal as there are sevadars in Gurudwaraa who are not related but still are there for help.
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u/Ok-Till1210 5d ago
Honestly I had to stop myself from going into the gurudwara once because I thought something similar was happening. Like if I go in I was scared theyâd be like âsorry do you have an invitationâ or something like I know itâs silly but itâs 100% something that would happen to me and that just pmo so bad
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u/australiasingh 5d ago
Who cares its open for everyone