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Dispute on Khalsa Panth celebrations intensifies
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India Abroad
11-27-1998
Dispute on Khalsa Panth celebrations intensifies
The year-long tercentenary celebrations to mark the formal codification of Sikhism's religious order has run into trouble, with the high priest of the Akal Takht - the supreme temporal authority of the Sikhs - declaring that he would boycott the functions organized by the state government.
The high priest, Ranjit Singh, has locked horns with the ruling Akali Dal in Punjab by threatening to hold parallel functions. He has said that the government-sponsored functions violate the ethics of Sikhism.
The celebrations began on ...
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