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2 Work in progress at the construction site where some old structures were unearthed while digging on the periphery of the Harmandir Sahib complex. Photo: PTI
Roopinder Singh
One of the enduring images in my mind is of people from Amritsar and beyond performing kar sewa at Harmandir Sahib in 1973. Many were dressed up in their finery for the occasion and would patiently wait for the fellow sewadars to put in the mud from the sarovar and carry it away, often by placing the tasla, the shallow iron container, on their heads.
The desilting was an affirmation of the inclusive tradition of sewa, in which all who took part felt honoured to have done so. There was no hurry. It was participative and involved people at large. Mechanical means were eschewed for the privilege of performing physical sewa, even by those whose socio-economic status virtually ensured that this was the only time they would be doing such work personally. Indeed, there are pictures of bejewelled maharajas
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