WASHINGTON: Inspired by the "langar" of the Golden Temple, where they visited early this year, a group of U.S students are organising their free meal day at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Students of the University of Michigan who are back in Ann Arbor after their summer trip to the Golden Temple, where they spent part of their summer learning how to pull off a logistical miracle, feeding 60,000 people every day with a staff of volunteers, will be cooking chickpeas, chutney and salad in shifts with help from the community at Gurudwara Sahib.

"The food will be packaged by hand into a tortilla wrap and served on the Diag all day Friday, September 19. The group hopes to serve about 10,000 wraps. Any leftovers will be donated to a shelter," a media release said.

"American society needs spaces where rich and poor, people of all races and beliefs can come to share a common space. This university langar can provide that medium," said Jasprit Singh, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science who led the students' summer trip to India.

While at the Golden Temple in June, the 13 undergraduate students got up early every morning to do "seva," or work.

They chopped and cooked vegetables, washed lentils, made bread, cleaned dishes and learned sustainable nourishment at the Golden Temple.

The India trip was part of the Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates program at the University of Michigan.

Michael Jordan, director of Centre for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS), said that the Golden Temple program is a model of what GIEU does.

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Source: PTI