We all are aware of the fact that some religious places in India have certain dress codes and rules which one should strictly follow while entering the premises. Recently, on 17th April a controversy erupted when a woman claimed that she has been denied entry to the Golden Temple in Amritsar just because she had tricolor Indian flag painted on her face. This is not the first time that a thing like this has happened, a lot of times many celebrities have also been denied entry to the holy place.
Woman was denied entry to the Golden Temple for sporting an Indian flag painted on her face
Reportedly, a woman was denied entry into the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the whole incident has gone viral. Apparently, she was supporting a tattoo of the National Tricolour painted on her face. Well, it is a general practice with the visitors who get it done while going to watch the ‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony which is held at Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post every evening.
This was captured in a video, the issue took a controversial turn after the 40-second video clip went viral on social media.
Khalistanis taking over Golden Temple!
Woman denied entry to Golden Temple because she had a India 🇮🇳 flag painted on her face! The man who denied her entry into Golden Temple said this is Punjab, not India 😡 @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/bnzUzEqLvM
— JIX5A (@JIX5A) April 17, 2023
The caption read,
Khalistanis taking over Golden Temple!
Woman denied entry to Golden Temple because she had a India flag painted on her face! The man who denied her entry into Golden Temple said this is Punjab, not India @AmitShah
In the viral video, the painted flag of India is clearly visible on her face. She was seen complaining to a man who had reportedly accompanied her, that a sewadar at the entry point had intercepted her.
A heated exchange of arguments was witnessed after the man questioned the sewadar
He can be heard asking,
“Sardar jee, you stopped this gudia (she) from entering, what was the reason?”
It has been claimed that the sewadar reportedly raised an objection over the flag painted on her face.
The man further questioned him,
“Is it not India?”
To this, the sewadar said,
“No. This is Punjab”
Khalistanis taking over Golden Temple!
Woman denied entry to Golden Temple because she had a India 🇮🇳 flag painted on her face! The man who denied her entry into Golden Temple said this is Punjab, not India 😡 @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/bnzUzEqLvM
— JIX5A (@JIX5A) April 17, 2023
The woman also stepped into the argument saying he was talking ‘bakwaas’ as if the Golden Temple was not in India.
Shocking: "It's Punjab, not India, you can not enter Gurudwara with Indian flag"
A Girl was denied entry into Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar as she had indian flag painted on her face. She was harassed by SGPC employee & forbidden from entering Gurudwara premises. #amritsar pic.twitter.com/qwfx8ZQgJa— PunFact (@pun_fact) April 16, 2023
After this, the temper of the sewadar lost his calm and tried to stop them from capturing the incident on the mobile.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) responds to the video
SGPC has submitted an apology if any of its employees misbehaved with any visitor. However, SGPC general secretary, Gursharan Singh Grewal, felt that the issue was being blown out of proportion intentionally to give it a political aspect.
He said,
“We are apologetic over misbehavior on the part of any of our employees towards the visitors. Taking prompt action, we have replaced him and ordered an enquiry about this incident, yet his bad behaviour should not be stretched to make it a patriotic issue and defaming the Sikh religion”
He said that this is not the first time that this happened. In the recent past, many attempts were being made to ruin the image of the Sikh religion and challenge its principles under deep-rooted conspiracies.
