# Pangat

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[[File:Langar.jpg|thumb|People sitting in pangats while consuming [langar](/source/Langar_(Sikhism)).]] 
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'''Pangat''' (Punjabi: ਪੰਗਤ {{Small|([Gurmukhi](/source/Gurmukhi))}}) is a word derived from the [Sanskrit](/source/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.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Pangat|title=Pangat - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.|publisher=}}</ref> Pangat is about eating food while sitting in rows with no discrimination on the basis of [caste](/source/caste), [creed](/source/creed), [race](/source/Race_(human_categorization)), [ethnicity](/source/ethnicity), [gender](/source/gender), [religion](/source/religion) or economic status.<ref>{{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=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{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)}}</ref> According to the beliefs of Sikhism, nobody sleeps without eating, nor should anybody die of hunger.

Pangat consists of systematic rows where everyone eats equally regardless of their background.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Baba Baghel Singh Sikh Heritage Multimedia Museum |url=https://shop.museumsofindia.org/index.php/node/627 |access-date=16 May 2026 |website=Museums of India}}</ref>

== History ==
Pangat and Sangat came together from the time of [Guru Nanak](/source/Guru_Nanak), the first Guru of [Sikh](/source/Sikh)ism.<ref name=":0" /> Nanak's father gave him money for trade that he spent on feeding hungry [sadhu](/source/sadhu)s. He named this that ''True Transaction'' (Sacha Sauda). Where there is Sangat, there is always a Langar (food service).<ref>{{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=|access-date=2016-03-24|archive-date=2016-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407042636/http://sikhism.about.com/od/sikhdiningtradition/tp/All-About-Langar.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Sikh principles all people (Sangat) who sit in pangat share food on equal basis. Another claim is that the Pangat tradition was introduced by [Mata Khivi](/source/Khivi).<ref name=":1" /> 

In the history of Sikhism, when [Emperor Akbar](/source/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.<ref>{{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=}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [Langar (Sikhism)](/source/Langar_(Sikhism))

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