SGPC demands removal of AI video featuring Guru Gobind Singh by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (
SGPC
) has strongly objected to an animation video created using AI by YouTuber
Dhruv Rathee
, which features
Guru Gobind Singh
and the Sahibzadas.
In a statement issued here on Monday, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami demanded that the video be taken down immediately, warning of legal action and urging the govt to take the strictest possible action.
Dhami said that the history of Sikh Gurus and Sikh personalities is a sacred and inviolable heritage, and no person has the right to distort or misrepresent it. He emphasised that no film or animation depicting the Gurus or their families can be created, as the SGPC has already passed resolutions imposing a complete ban on such portrayals.
The SGPC president claimed that aside from historical inaccuracies, the inclusion of AI-generated visuals depicting the Sikh Gurus in Rathee's video has hurt the religious sentiments of the
Sikh community
. Such portrayals violate Sikh principles and traditions, as in Sikh tenets, the Gurus, Sahibzadas, and their families cannot be represented in human form or in films.
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