pangat
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Pangat (Punjabi: ਪੰਗਤ {{Small|(Gurmukhi)}}) is a word derived from the Sanskrit word pankti ([http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/macdonell_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF&searchhws=yes पङ्क्ति]) that means a line, a row, or a group. It refers to the Sikh concept of commensality. It is a synonym for Guru Ka Langar. In a Pangat, food is served by volunteers (Sevadars) to people of all religions who sit together to eat.{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Pangat|title=Pangat - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.|publisher=}} Pangat is about eating food while sitting in rows with no discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, race, ethnicity, gender, religion or economic status.{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/sikh-institutions/sangat-and-pangat|title=Sangat and Pangat - Sikh Institutions - Gateway to Sikhism|date=27 May 2006|publisher=}}{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Pritam Singh |title=GOLAK |url=https://eos.learnpunjabi.org/GOLAK.html |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=eos.learnpunjabi.org (digital version of 'The Encyclopedia of Sikhism' operated by Punjabi University, Patiala)}} According to the beliefs of Sikhism, nobody sleeps without eating, nor should anybody die of hunger.
History
Pangat and Sangat came together from the time of Guru Nanak, the first Guru of Sikhism. Nanak's father gave him money for trade that he spent on feeding hungry sadhus. He named this that True Transaction (Sacha Sauda). Where there is Sangat, there is always a Langar (food service).{{cite web|url=http://sikhism.about.com/od/sikhdiningtradition/tp/All-About-Langar.htm|title=All About Sacred Langar and the Guru's Free Kitchen|publisher=}} According to Sikh principles all people (Sangat) who sit in pangat share food on equal basis.
In the history of Sikhism, when Emperor Akbar and the King of Haripur went to meet Guru Amar Das, the third Guru of Sikhism. They both had to eat Langar in the pangat before meeting the Guru.{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhmissionarysociety.org/sms/smssikhism/institutions/pangat/|title=Sikh Missionary Society(U.K.) - Sikhism - Institutions - Pangat|first=Amarpreet Singh|last=Munde|publisher=}}