Question

How did Guru Amardas Ji empower women during his Guruship?

• A. By discouraging the practice of Purdah and Sati.
• B. By encouraging women to both sit and serve in Pangat.
• C. By encouraging physical fitness and discipline training.
• D. By discouraging spiritual guidance initiatives.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

By encouraging women to both sit and serve in Pangat.

Sati was a practice where a woman would fling herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. Guru Amardas Ji criticised this practice and preached against it. Guruji also discouraged the Purdah system in which women were to stay behind the ‘Purdah’ or curtain, unseen. Guruji believed that this practice hindered the development of a woman. Thus, he asked women to both sit and serve in Pangat.