SURYADEV Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Guru Nanak started a true business with Rs20. Which he used to start a langar and feed the sadhus. We now see the concept of langar all over the world wherever sikhs are based. If that original business had Rs20 invested in it all those centuries ago what would be the financial value of it now, ie the Return On Investment?? Any financial/maths wizards here give an estimate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaikaara Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) that depends on the sangat you are expecting, we do seva here in a govt hospital, the langar is distributed in the premises of a hospital, close to a 500-700 people must be partaking langar the expense is around Rs.11,000 INR including tranportation from the Gurdwara sahib where it is being prepared Edited May 2, 2011 by jaikaara 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURYADEV Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) Ok, so: 11,000 divided by 700 = about Rs15. If we take that figure and times it by the number of people who partake in langar worldwide - what ever that may be. then we'll get the rough value of the initial Rs20 investment. Then there are other business-based values you can throw in, such as goodwill, stock/equipment value, building value, inflation etc, etc, etc. Anyone else want to throw some numbers about? I feel that from a purely business perspective this has got to be one of the most lucrative and long standing businesses ever started! Edited May 2, 2011 by SURYADEV 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdsingh80 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Guru Nanak started a true business with Rs20. Which he used to start a langar and feed the sadhus. We now see the concept of langar all over the world wherever sikhs are based. If that original business had Rs20 invested in it all those centuries ago what would be the financial value of it now, ie the Return On Investment?? Any financial/maths wizards here give an estimate? Excuse me but at the time of Guru nanak's sacha sauda sakhi there was no Rupee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_rupee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURYADEV Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Excuse me but at the time of Guru nanak's sacha sauda sakhi there was no Rupee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_rupee Yes that may be. Or the equivilent ie, mohar, ddhaka etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdsingh80 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Yes that may be. Or the equivilent ie, mohar, ddhaka etc. If I am not wrong there were two types of mohars Silver , Gold.True value can be only estimated if we know whether they were of Gold or silver and how much they weigh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Sardar Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 It is alot of money considering how that could buy alot of stuff in our grandparents generations compared to now it is less. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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