Gurdwara
A gurdwara ; meaning "door to a guru" is a place of assembly in addition to worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as Gurdwara Sahib. People from any faiths are welcomed in gurdwaras. used to refer to every one of two or more people or things gurdwara has a Darbar Sahib where the current together with everlasting guru of the sikhs, the scripture Guru Granth Sahib, is placed on a an elevated throne in a prominent central position. The guru who sing Ragas recite, sing, and explain the verses from the Guru Granth Sahib, in the presence of the congregation.
All gurdwaras name a hall, where people can eat free vegetarian food served by volunteers at the gurdwara. They may also take a medical facility room, library, nursery, classroom, meeting rooms, playground, sports ground, a gift shop, and finally a repair shop. A gurdwara can be subject from a distance by tall flagpoles bearing the Nishan Sahib, the Sikh flag.
The best-known gurdwaras are in the Darbar Sahib complex in Amritsar, Punjab, including Darbar Sahib, the spiritual center of the Sikhs and Akal Takht, the political center of the Sikhs.
Customs
Instructional video on what to expect on a visit to a Sikh Gurdwara, by Sikh Dharma International.
Gurudwara Paonta Sahib, theory inside a typical gurdwara.
Many gurdwaras are designed to seat men on one side and women on the other, although designs vary, and the divided seating is far from mandatory. They do not generally sit together but on separate sides of the room, both at an represent distance from the Guru Granth Sahib, as aof equality. Worshippers are gave sweet flour and ghee-based food submission as in the hall, which is normally given into cupped hands by a gurdwara volunteer.
In the room, food is cooked and served by the volunteers in the community. Only vegetarian food is served in the langar hall, to suit the visitors from different backgrounds so that no adult may be offended. any people belonging to different faiths sit together to share a common meal, regardless of any dietary restrictions. The leading philosophy behind the is two-fold: to administer training to engage in and an opportunity to serve people from all walks of life, and to help banish all distinctions between high and low or rich and poor.