Maharashtra Gurudwara To Use Gold Donated Over Last 50 Years To Build Hospitals

India being the second largest populated country with a high population density, has become the hotspot for the coronavirus. This has crippled the health infrastructure and made people realize the need for better and more facilities and doctors.

And the Sikh Community has time and again proved to be the noblest in serving humanity. So this very scarcity struck them hard.

As a result, one of the five “takhts” of Sikhism, Gurdwara Takht Shri Hazur Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtra has announced that it will use all its gold collected over the past 50 years towards building hospitals and constructing medical institutions in the town.

Talking to the press, the Gurudwara authorities said that they have come with this proposition as people from Nanded have to head to Hyderabad or Mumbai for any treatment. The construction of hospitals and medical institutes in the town will prove beneficial for the people and would save them time and resources.

The information was first shared by Takht Jathedar Sant Baba Kulwant Singh on his Twitter handle. He posted a video and wrote in the caption that the Gurudwara is releasing all the gold amassed over the last 50 years to build hospitals and medical colleges so that nobody has to travel to neighboring cities for treatment or studies.

 “We have put a lot of gold on buildings and Gurdwaras…It is my opinion that a hospital or medical college should be built. Whenever the world is troubled the Khalsa stands up, providing langar (free meals) in place after place and meeting whatever needs arises”, said Kulwant Singh.

Gurudwaras serve the needy all through the year in Langars. There are also people deployed at the entrance of each Gurudwara to attend the visitors/devotees. Sewa is a quintessential part of Sikh Dharm.

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This reflects in the works of Sikh NGOs such as Khalsa Aid who have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. They have aided people in all-natural calamities, financial breakdowns, epidemics, and now pandemics.

Besides that many other Sikh NGOs and Gurudwara have been distributing food kits, converted premises into quarantine wards, and also provided oxygen cylinders to those in need.