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The Langar at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar India

Interesting Facts About Golden Temple Langar 1. Apart from being the largest free community kitchen in the world, langar in Golden Temple has many other attributes to its credit, like: 2. The Golden Temple langar is served to everyone, regardless of their caste, colour, creed or gender. 3. It is said that on a normal day, more than 50,000-60,000 people eat langar at Golden Temple, and during religious gatherings, the number may spike up to 100,000. 4. The meals are simple and vegetarian, with a usual serving of pickle, rotis (bread), dal (lentils), and kheer (rice pudding). Apart from being flavorsome, they are very nutritious. 5. It takes a huge task force to deliver food to people coming in great numbers. Apart from having around 300 sewadars (volunteers) in-house, Golden Temple witnesses hundreds of other volunteers who undertake the operations of making and serving the food and cleaning the utensils and the place after each round. 6. Highest standards of hygiene are maintained while cleaning the dishes and vessels, with the utensils getting washed over a few times so that they are clean. 7. These volunteers do it for a couple of hours, and some stay up for days to do the sewa. 8. On normal days, the food and rotis are made by hand by the volunteers. However, on special days, the roti maker, donated by a supporter from Lebanon, is used, which can make up to 25,000 rotis in just an hour. 9. With such large crowds being served every day, the raw material for Golden Temple langar is bought in bulk by the donations it receives, either in cash or kind. 10. The whole process of preparing the langar in such sweltering kitchen heat, serving endless meals to the visitors, and cleaning the plates, is done without any burden by volunteers. Upholding the tenets that Sikhism is based on, which emphasizes the importance of Sewa or service, the Golden Temple langar is a fine example of how to cleanse your inner self and become more rooted. The place is as pure and the hearts of the volunteers are as golden as the name of the place itself.