Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 18: The last two `Saroops’ of the Guru Granth Sahib have arrived in Delhi from Afghanistan’s Kabul on Wednesday amid the chaotic situation in Afghanistan.
The formats with several people of the Sikh community will now be taken to a Gurudwara. “Three people have arrived from Kabul with the last 2 Saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib,” said a Sikh leader.
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, there has been a process of bringing back religious symbols and heritage associated with Sikhism.
I thank the Government of Afghanistan and the Government of India for facilitating the smooth passage and protocol for the transfer of Sri Guru Granth Sahib as per its sanctity: Puneet Singh Chandhok, President, Indian World Forum
— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2023
Notably, Saroop is a physical copy of Sri Guru Granth Sahib which is also called Bir in Punjabi. Every Bir has 1,430 pages called Ang. The verses on every page remain the same. The Sikhs consider the Saroop of Guru Granth Sahib as a living guru and treat it with the utmost respect.
On this occasion, Manjeet Singh GK, the JAGO-Jag Aasra Guru Ott and the former president of DSGPC said that the entire religious heritage is being brought back due to the situation prevailing in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
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“These last two versions of Guru Granth Sahib were left there. We had tried to bring them earlier also. But, at that time Taliban had stopped it in view of technical aspects,” he added.
Manjeet Singh further said, “After the intervention of the Government of India and talks between the two governments, today it has become possible that we have been able to bring back both the formats.”
Noreover, the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee has paid all the expenses of bringing them from there and if anyone wants to come further, the committee will continue to cooperate.
