Amritsar, May 19, 2025 (Yes Punjab News)
Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has strongly objected to an animation video created using AI by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, which features the Tenth Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh, and the Sahibzadas.
He has demanded that the video be taken down immediately and has urged the government to take the strictest possible action against it.
Advocate Dhami stated that the history of Sikh Gurus and Sikh personalities is a sacred and inviolable heritage, and no individual has the right to distort or misrepresent it. He emphasized that no film or animation depicting the Gurus or their families can be created, as the SGPC has already passed resolutions imposing a complete ban on such portrayals.
He added that, aside from historical inaccuracies, the inclusion of AI-generated visuals depicting the Sikh Gurus in Dhruv Rathee’s video has hurt religious sentiments of Sikh community.
Such portrayals violate Sikh principles and traditions, as in Sikhi, the Gurus, Sahibzadas, and their families cannot be represented in human form or in films. Therefore, this YouTuber has acted in contradiction to Sikh tenets.
The SGPC President has called on the YouTuber to immediately remove the video and has warned that if the video is not taken down, the SGPC will initiate legal proceedings against him.
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