‘Ghar Wapsi’ in Punjab. Now ‘Mazhabi’ Christians are coming back again in Hindu-Sikh fold.

“Sakal jagat main Khalsa Panth gaje. Jage dharam Hindu sakal bhand bhaje” (The Khalsa sect will roar around the world. Hinduism will awaken, its enemies (perpetrators) will flee. – Shri Shri Guru Maharaj Govind Singh Ji.

सकल जगत में खालसा पंथ गाजे / जागे धरम हिन्दु सकल भंड भाजे ~ श्री श्री गुरुमहाराज गोविंद सिंह जी ||

ਸਕਲ ਜਗਤ ਮੇ ਖਾਲਸਾ ਪੰਥ ਗਜੇ/ ਜਗੇ ਧਰਮ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਸਕਲ ਭਨ੍ਦ ਭਜੇ ~ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ ਮਹਾਰਾਜ ||

When Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib was asked to become a Muslim, then he had replied to Aurangzeb as follows:

utra bhandyo dharam hum Hindu | aati priya ko kim kare nikandu ||

lok parlok ubhay sukh dani | aanan paayiyat yahi samaani ||

mati maleen moorakh mati jey-yi | isko tyagey paamar soi ||

Hindu dharam rakhey jag mahi | tumre karey vinsai yeh nahi ||

Translation: – “My answer is that I am a Hindu and I love the Hindu Dharam. How can anybody destroy it? The Hindu Dharam provides happiness both in this world as well as in the other world. There is no other religion like it. Only a deranged person or a fool would leave it to become vile. The Hindu Dharam will remain in the world forever. (Oh Aurangzeb) it is not going to be destroyed by your efforts.” – Shri Shri Guru Maharaj Teg Bahadur ji, Hind dee Chadar.

In Punjab, Sangh brings Christians back to Sikhism

Yudhvir Rana | TNN | Amritsar | 31 Dec 2014:: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliate, Dharma Jagran Manch (DJM), on Tuesday reconverted 40 people, including woman and children, from Christianity to Sikhism near here.

The converts claimed to have been Mazhabi Sikhs, who belonged to the Scheduled Caste community before they embraced Christianity.

Their ‘Ghar Wapsi’ function was held a gurdwara at Guru Ki Wadali near Amritsar, the birth place of sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind Sahib.

The converts offered offering prayers before they were given religious lockets and siropas (ceremonial shawls). No major Sikh organization or functionary was present during the function.

Some local Sikh residents questioned the organizers and the gurdwara management whether Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) was informed about the reconversions.

“We will gather information and pass it over to SGPC,” said local resident Jagtar Singh Maan.
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Jasbir Masih, who was renamed as Jasbir Singh after he embraced Sikhism, said he had converted to Christianity four year back.

“But they were forcing us to remove photographs of Lord Shiva and the Gurus from our houses. I could not bear it and decided to go back to my real religion.”

DJM activist Dinesh Sharma said SGPC members had helped them during their earlier reconversion programme and they were informed about the latest event.

Amritsar Bishop P K Samantaroy refused to believe the converts were Christians. “Had they known their religion, they would never have done so.”

He maintained they never forced anyone to convert to Christianity. “I am sad over the whole situation, we must bring harmony in the society.”

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal had earlier slammed ‘Ghar Wapsi’ events at Fatehgarh Sahib on Saturday.

RSS plans to hold more such events in Punjab, which could further strain ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and its ally BJP’s ties in Punjab.

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