Free meal from community kitchen in Jalandhar, Punjab

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Devotees eat at a free community kitchen organized by a Gurudwara in Jalandhar, Punjab. The food being distributed by Sevaks. Every devotee comes to eat at langar, the food of langar is considered as Prasad. The Langar or free kitchen was started by the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji in about 1481. It is designed to uphold the principle of equality between all people of the world regardless of religion, caste, colour, creed, age, gender or social status; to eliminate extreme poverty in the world and to bring about the birth of "caring communities". In addition to the ideals of equality, the tradition of Langar expresses the ethics of sharing, community, inclusiveness and oneness of all humankind. Source: sikhiwiki.org This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilde