In [[Sikhism]], a '''langar''' ({{lang-pa|ਲੰਗਰ}}, pronunciation: {{IPA-pa|lunɡɾlʌŋɾ|}}, 'kitchen'<ref name=maha5>Pashaura Singh, Louis E. Fenech, 2014, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CzYeAwAAQBAJ&dq=mahaprasad+similar+to+langar&pg=PT530 The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies]{{dead link|date=July 2019}}</ref>) is the community kitchen of a [[gurdwara]], which serves meals to all free of charge, regardless of religion, [[caste]], gender, economic status, or ethnicity. People sit on the floor and eat together, and the kitchen is maintained and serviced by Sikh community volunteers who are doing ''seva'' ("selfless services").<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark McWilliams|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yj8QDgAAQBAJ|title=Food & Material Culture: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2013|publisher=Oxford Symposium|year=2014|isbn=978-1-909248-40-3|page=265}}</ref> The meals served at a langar are always [[Sattvic diet|Satvik]] ([[lacto-vegetarian]]).<ref>William Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi (1995), The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Sussex Academic Press, {{ISBN|978-1898723134}}, page 148</ref>
