All the Sikhs are directed to shun all kinds of relations or cooperation with him.”Īccording to the SGPC, Anand is associated with US-based organisation Sikh Book Club that runs a website on Sikh literature.

Until he does it, he will remain a ‘tankhaiya’. He is also directed to present related records at the Takht. He is directed to appear before the Takht, give his explanation and disclose the persons behind him within a month. Considering the sentiments of the Panth, Akal Takht Sahib bans offline and online publishing of Gurbani by him. Pronouncing the decision, acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh said: “ Thaminder Singh is held guilty of making changes in the Gurbani on his own. The Akal Takht, which is the highest temporal seat of Sikhism, listened to various stakeholders from the community on Tuesday before reaching its decision. The distortion had come to light recently, leading to objections from Sikh bodies across the world. The Akal Takht on Tuesday declared a US-based Sikh publisher, Thaminder Singh Anand, a “tankhaiya” (guilty of religious misconduct) for making distortions in the Gurbani and asked the community to boycott him till he appears before the Takht to apologise for his offence. The Akal Takht, listened to various panthic scholars and Sikh parcharaks on Tuesday before reaching its decision against the US Sikh publisher.

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