SGPC to discuss working of Takhts on Aug 5

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Amritsar, Updated At : 02:11 AM Jul 14, 2025 IST

Harjinder Singh Dhami, SGPC president

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has called a peculiar gathering of its members connected August 5 to deliberate connected the moving of the 5 Sikh Takhts.

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SGPC main caput Kulwant Singh Mannan said the gathering volition beryllium chaired by the Sikh body’s president, Harjinder Singh Dhami.

The determination has travel amid efforts to defuse tensions betwixt the Akal Takht — the highest temporal spot of the Sikhs — and Takht Patna Sahib pursuing a caller face-off implicit a spiritual punishment to SAD main Sukhbir Singh Badal.

The Takht Patna Sahib had declared Badal a “tankhaiya” for repeatedly ignoring its summons. Badal was accused of interfering successful affairs of the Bihar-based temporal seat.

The decree was overturned by the Akal Takht, citing its supremacy implicit each different temporal seats. Currently, jathedars of 3 of the 5 Sikh temporal seats — Akal Takht, Takht Damdama Sahib and Takht Kesgarh Sahib — are appointed by the SGPC, which is controlled by the SAD. The jathedars of the different 2 Takhts — Patna Sahib successful Patna and Hazur Sahib astatine Nanded successful Maharashtra — are appointed by their abstracted absorption panels.

In May, the “panj pyaras” astatine Patna Sahib had declared jathedars of the Akal Takht and Damdama Sahib “tankhaiya”, stocking a large row. It came aft 5 precocious Sikh priests gave a cleanable chit to Takht Patna Sahib erstwhile Jathedar Giani Ranjit Singh Gauhar, whose services were terminated successful 2022 aft holding him blameworthy of “involvement successful embezzlement of donations”.

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