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| {{Short description|Servant of religious causes in Sikhism and Hinduism}}{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
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| A '''''kar sevak''''' is someone who offers services for free to a [[dharmic religions|dharmic]] cause. The term is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] words ''kara'' (hand) and ''sevaka'' (servant).<ref>{{cite book |title=Image journeys: audio-visual media and cultural change in India |author=Christiane Brosius, Melissa Butcher |year=1999 |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=978-0-7619-9325-4 |page=134 }}</ref> ''Kar sevak'' was also the free voluntary work by [[Sikhs]] in 1984 to restore the [[Golden Temple]] at [[Amritsar]] which had been damaged by the [[insurgency in Punjab|fights between insurgents]] and the [[Operation Blue Star|Indian Army]]. It was organised by the [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] for the construction of the Ram temple in [[Ayodhya]] and was responsible for the [[demolition of the Babri Masjid]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|title=The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |year=1996 |isbn=978-1850653011 |pp=420–431, 455–457}}</ref>
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| Sikhs use the term ''kar sevak'' to represent people who engage in ministrations, altruistic philanthropy and humanitarian endeavors in service to religion and society (primarily to build structures).<ref name="vhp">{{cite web|title=Gaurav Ayodhya ka - Ram Janmabhoomi|url=http://vhp.org/know-about/|website=vhp.org/|publisher=VHP - Vishwa Hindu Parishad|access-date=5 July 2017}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Kar seva]]
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| * [[Ram Janmabhoomi|Ram janmabhoomi]]
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