New Delhi, May 24 -- In Sikhism, Kirtans or the Gurbani chanting plays a vital role and holds great spiritual and traditional value. Recently, Giani Harpreet Singh the Jathedar of the Akal Takht, one of the five seats of power (popularly known as the Golden Temple) in the Sikh religion, asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to remove harmonium from Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) as it doesn't resonate with the real Sikh traditions and was introduced by the British. The Takht administration has given three years deadline to remove harmoniums from the Kirtan committee and urged the usage of traditional string instruments for the chanting of Kirtans and Gurbanis inside the Gurudwara.

While the calls to remove Harmonium f...