IN SIKHISM WE ALL CONSIDER GURU GRANTH SAHIB AS OUR ELEVENTH GURU BECAUSE GURU GOBIND SINGHJI GAVE US HIS MESSAGE THAT WHEN I DEPARTURE FROM THIS WORLD THERE WILL NOT BE ANY SIKHS 11 TH GURU HE SAID SAB SIKHON KO HUKUM HAI GURU MANYO GRANTH IT MEANS IN ENGLISH OUR 10 TH GURU HAD GIIVEN ALL SIKHS OF THE WORLD TOO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE TEACHING OF ALL THE 10 GURUS WRITTEN IN PUNJABI OR IN OTHER WORDS IN GURUMUKHI LANGUAGE AND FOLLOW ITS TEACHINGS

SO WHEN A CHILD OF 5 TO 7 YEARS IS TAKEN TO GURUDWARA FOR NAMING CEREMONY THE PRIESTS READ OUR GURU GRANTH SAHIB AND BY RANDOMNLY OPENING THE HOLY BOOK GURU GRANTH SAHIB THE FIRST LETTER OF THE PAGE WHILE OPENING OUR HOLY BOOK GURU GRANTH SAHIB BECOMES THE FIRST ALPHABET OF THE CHILDS NAME THEREAFTER THE PARENTS OR THE PRIESTS PRESENT SUGGEST THE FULL NAME OF A CHILD WITH GIVING OF ONE SIROPAO TO THE CHILD AFTER TOUCHING OUR HOLY BOOK SINCE THAT TIME THE CHILD IS GIVEN NAME IN FRONT OF GOD IN GURUDWARAS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND GIVE HOLY PRASAD OR DISTRIBUTE FOOD IN THE FORM OF LANGAR TO ALL THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE NAMING CEREMONY OF A SIKH CHILD WITHOUT ANY CASTE CLASS OR ANY RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AS THE SIKHS CONSIDER EVERONE TO BE A GOOD GODS CREATION FURTHER MORE AS MY NAME CAME WITH THE ALPHABET A ON OPENING OUR HOLY GURU GRANTH SAHIB MY PARENTS AND PRIESTS NAMED ME AMARJIT SINGH KAHAI THUS FROM THAT DAY I WAS GIVEN THE SAID NAME SINCE THEN ONWARDS TILL DEATH OCCURS IT WIILL BE SAME

FROM AMARJIT SINGH KAHAI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RETD MUMBAI MARASHTRA INDIA