This is the extraordinary moment a brave Sikh man removes his turban and uses it to lower himself down and rescue a stricken dog from drowning in a river. Sarwan Singh, 28, immediately took off his turban when he noticed that the pet was in difficulty in the irrigation canal in Punjab, India. He then gives on end of the long material to his friends at the top of the steep banks of the canal and uses it as a rope to steady himself as he lower himself down closer to the water. Mr Sarwan said: 'I was travelling when I saw a group of men pointing towards the canal. 'I stopped my car and went over to check what was happening. I was shocked to see that there was a dog drowning but no was actually helping.' Mr Sarwan, who cannot swim, then decided to make use of his turban in a last ditch attempt to free the canine. He added: 'The moment I started taking off my turban, people watching around were shocked. They thought I was disrespecting my faith. 'But what was important at that point was to save the animal's life.' Wearing a turban is one of the five articles of faith in Sikhism. It is a doctrine of Sikhism that one can only remove their turban at home or while bathing. He added: 'The dog wasn't comfortable. He was not coming to me at all. 'We had to follow him for around 200 metres before I was able to wrap my turban around his neck and pull him to safety. 'The dog was frightened, so I fed him some biscuits and let him go on his own.' sources- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com
