A jathedar is a leader of high regard chosen to head and ensure discipline within a jatha, a troop of Sikhs. In modern-times, the term is used to in-reference to leaders of Sikh spiritual organizations, such as any of the Panj Takhts. From Wikipedia
Sikh institutions are asserting their authority with a hearing on August 1 to address the alleged breach of religious norms at the state-run commemoration
