Wellness & Yoga influencer Archana Makwana on late Friday night dropped a series of photos and videos from her controversial Golden Temple visit in Amritsar. Archana Makwana's new Golden Temple posts showcased the influencer helping Sewadars in cleanliness works. Apart from this, Makwana's Instagram posts contained her new selfies in Sri Harmandir Sahib and also she shared a screenshot of Google Pay which she used to donate some money to the Golden Temple.
Sharing the post on Instagram, Archana Makwana clarified that she only shared a few shots just to defend her intent. "Received Divine blessings from Sri Harmandir Sahib at Golden Temple Amritsar on 20th June 2024..Thank you #waheguruji for this pious blessings , forever grateful..Won’t have shared certain photos but because my intent is being questioned I shared it to defend myself...Waheguruji you know the truth , please do justice..(SIC)"
Notably, a few days back, Makwana asked the SGPC to withdraw their FIR after Amritsar Police asked the influencer to join the investigation before June 30. The influencer stated that she is ready to fight legal battle with SGPC as she did nothing wrong.
What did SGPC say on Archana Makwana?
SGPC has accused Archana Makwana of working under "some nefarious and hateful" agenda. "First she violated 'maryada' at Sri Harmandar Sahib, hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community after posting objectionable photos or videos on her social media," the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), considered the ‘Mini Parliament’ of the Sikh religion, said.
Noting that after the manager of Sri Harmandar Sahib lodged a complaint against her and an FIR under Section 295-A of the IPC was registered by Amritsar police, Makwana apologised about the incident, "but even after her apology, she continued to post objectionable content on her social media instigating and provoking the people on public platform to stop visiting Gurdwara Sahib and ran a false propaganda against the SGPC".
"It seems Archana is working under some nefarious and hateful agenda," the SGPC, which has control over Sikh religious affairs and manages gurdwaras in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, including the holiest of Sikh shrines Sri Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple, said.