Granthi
Literally, 'the keeper
and the reader of the Sikh scripture.1 In every Sikh Gurdwara there
is a granthi nominated or accepted as such by the local Sikh
congrega-tion. His duty is to keep and manage the Gurdwara and to run
its religious services, but he is not an ordained priest vested with
the exclusive competence of performing or controlling Sikh worship in
a Gurdwara. There is no priesthood recognised in Sikhism and the granthi
is thus merely a functionary of the Sikh congregation enjoying no special
rights or status.
