Sukhbir Singh Badal, 62, offered prayers at the Akal Takht on Friday after completing his 'tankhah' (religious punishment).
The former deputy prime minister of Punjab underwent a religious punishment handed down on December 2 by the Akal Takht, the highest interim body of Sikhs, for 'mistakes' committed by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and its government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017.
After being declared guilty, Badal had resigned from the post of SAD president.
Badal, along with his former cabinet colleagues, arrived at the Takht at the Golden Temple under tight security. He got around in a wheelchair because of a fracture in his foot. The police had used heavy force near the temple complex since the morning.
On the second day of his penance at the Golden Temple on December 4, Badal had a narrow escape when former Khalistani militant Narain Singh Chaura fired at him from close range, but missed the target as he was overpowered by plainclothes police officers.
Sukhbir Badal was assigned to perform Sewa at the community kitchen of Guru Ram Dass Langar Hall of the Golden Temple by cleaning utensils and shoes of devotees for an hour and listening to the 'kirtan'.
He was also ordered to perform the duty of 'sewadar' for two days each at Takht Kesgarh Sahib, Takht Damdama Sahib, Darbar Sahib at Muktsar and Fatehgarh Sahib as part of his religious punishment.
The 'guilty' Akalis had to wear a plaque with Gurbani's inscription about 'confession of guilt' around their necks during Sewa.
Sukhbir and other party leaders, including working president Balwinder Singh Bhunder and former ministers Gulzar Singh Ranike and Daljit Singh Cheema, performed an 'ardas' of penance and 'bheta', 'degh' of karah prasad was offered as per the directions of the Akal Takht.
