Tankhaya

Tankhaiya means Punishment/chastisement given by Supreme Body of religion.

Article XXV - Method of Imposing Chastisement

a. Any Sikh who has committed any default in the observance of the Sikh discipline should approach the nearby Sikh congregation and make a confession of his lapse standing before the congregation.

b. The congregation should then, in the holy presence of Guru Granth Sahib, elect from among themselves five beloved ones who should ponder over the suppliant’s fault and propose the chastisement (punishment) for it.

c. The congregation should not take an obdurate stand in granting pardon. Nor should the defaulter argue about the chastisement. The punishment that is imposed should be some kind of service, especially some service that can be performed with hands.

d. And finally an Ardas for correction should be performed.

Article XXIV - Ceremony of Baptism or Initiation

q. The following individuals shall be liable to chastisement involving automatic boycott:

1. Anyone maintaining relations or communion with elements antagonistic to the Panth including the minas (reprobates), the masands (agents once accredited to local Sikh communities as Guru’s representatives, sine discredited for their faults and aberrations), followers of Dhirmal or Ram Rai, etc. users of tobacco or killers of female infants. 2. One who eats/drinks leftovers of the unbaptised or the fallen Sikhs 3. One who dyes his beard 4. One who gives off son or daughter in matrimony for a price or reward 5. Users of intoxicant (hemp, opium, liquor, narcotics, cocaine, etc.) 6. One holding, or being a party to, ceremonies or practices contrary to the Guru’s way 7. One who defaults in the maintenance of Sikh discipline