Case Against Fashion Designer for 'hurting Religious Sentiments' with Yoga at Golden Temple

The city police have registered an FIR against fashion designer and lifestyle influencer Archana Makwana for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs by performing yoga on the bank of sarovar at the Golden Temple, officials said on Sunday.

After Archana Makwana’s pictures doing yoga went viral, the SGPC had suspended its two employees for “negligence” and fined another staffer ₹5,000 besides transferring him to Gurdwara Garhi Sahib, Gurdas Nangal.

The police action came on a complaint filed by Golden Temple general manager Bhagwant Singh Dhangera on behalf of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) after Makwana posted pictures of her act on Instagram on June 21. Her pictures had gone viral on social media.