Langar (Sikhism)

A community meal in progress at a Sikh langar

In Sikhism, a langar (Punjabi: laṅgara, pronounced [ləŋɡəɾᵊ], 'kitchen'^[1]) is the community kitchen of a gurdwara, which serves meals to all free of charge, regardless of religion, caste, gender, economic status, or ethnicity. People sit on the floor and eat together, and the kitchen is maintained and serviced by Sikh community volunteers who are doing seva ("selfless services").^[2] The meals served at a langar are always lacto-vegetarian.^[3]

^ Pashaura Singh, Louis E. Fenech, 2014, The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies^{[dead link]}
^ Mark McWilliams (2014). Food & Material Culture: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2013. Oxford Symposium. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-909248-40-3.
^ William Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi (1995), The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Sussex Academic Press, ISBN 978-1898723134, page 148

[maha5-1] Pashaura Singh, Louis E. Fenech, 2014, The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies^{[dead link]}

[2] Mark McWilliams (2014). Food & Material Culture: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2013. Oxford Symposium. p. 265. ISBN 978-1-909248-40-3.

[3] William Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi (1995), The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Sussex Academic Press, ISBN 978-1898723134, page 148

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