How started the Langer system
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Langar, is said to be a Persian word that translates as 'an almshouse', 'an asylum for the poor and the destitute', 'a public kitchen once kept by a great man for his followers and dependants, holy persons and the needy.' Some scholars trace the word langar to Sanskrit analgarh (cooking room). In Persian, the specific term langar has been in use in an identical sense. In addition to the word itself, the institution of langar is also traceable in the Persian tradition. Langars were a common feature of the Sufi centres in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Even today some dargahs, or shrines commemorating Sufi saints, run langars, like Khwaja Mu’in ud-Din Chishti’s at Ajmer.
Sacha Sauda
Mehta Kalu Ji, father of Guru Nanak Ji was keen that their son should adopt a respectable and lucrative profession. At the age of 12 , Mehta Kalu Ji wanted their son to be a trader and thus gave them 20 rupees and asked to use the money to strike some good and profitable bargain- to do a Sacha Sauda meaning get into a profitable trading situation.
The Guru bought food with the money they had, and distributed everything among the local sadhus( holy people) who had not eaten for days. When their father, Kalu Ji asked them what happened to the money? They replied that they had done a “ Sacha Sauda “ by feeding the hungry holy men.
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