A Kettle Drum Announces the Entrance of the Khalsa Initiates
One of the panj pyaras offers prayer. The attendant of the Guru Granth reads aloud the hukam, arandome verse of scripture. The first letter of the verse is may be used to select a Sikh spirtual name if one is desired by any of the initiates. The panj pyaras serve Prashad a blessed delicacy to the initiates. The initiates use their hands to take and eat whatever is leftover from the bowl.
The panj pyaras lead the initiates to the waiting congregation. Someone beats a large kettle drum in a thundering percussion announcing the entrance of the Khalsa. The program in session pauses as initiates file in, one by one, and bow before the Guru Granth.
