Amid the ongoing curfew in the wake of COVID-19, the offerings at Golden Temple have fallen drastically, forcing the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to appeal to people to donate generously. SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal has urged people to donate in whatever possible way they can so that ‘langar’ (community kitchen), at the Golden Temple and other gurdwaras continues to be served uninterruptedly. Today, due to coronavirus outbreak most people are confined to their houses and very few people are visiting gurdwars. He said that with drop in people visiting the Golden Temple since the lockdown, the daily offering at the shrine had reduced to ₹10,000-15,000 in comparison to ₹20 lakh-25 lakh earlier. He said the monthly collection of the Golden Temple, Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh and other 40 gurdwaras was close to ₹12 crore in usual times.

Source: The Hindu April 16, 2020 17:25 UTC