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National Gurdwara is a Sikh gurdwara located in Washington, D.C. Located on Massachusetts Avenue , the National Gurdwara is the first and only Sikh institution in the capital of the United States . It is located near the National Cathedral , Naval Observatory and American University .
A gurdwara or gurudwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, romanized: gurdu'ārā, lit. 'Door of the Guru') is a place of assembly and worship in Sikhism, but its normal meaning is "place of guru" or "Home of guru". Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as Gurdwara Sahib. People from all faiths and religions are welcomed in gurdwaras.
The second phase was completed in April 2011, [4] making it the largest gurdwara in North America [5] at 90,000 square feet (8,400 m 2). The chief architect and designer of the project is the late Malkiat Singh Sidhu. The largest audience at the San Jose Gurdwara was on opening day when some 20,000 people were thought to have come.
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The Gurdwara has a main Langar hall and prayer hall. The temple led to a "renaissance of the Sikh community in Yuba City," including the 1980 establishment of the local Sikh parade, which has become one of the largest Sikh festivals outside India.
The Gur Sikh Temple (Punjabi: ਗੁਰ ਸਿੱਖ਼ ਗੁਰਦੁਵਾਰਾ; also known as Abbotsford Sikh Temple), in Abbotsford, British Columbia, is the oldest existing Sikh gurdwara in North America and a National Historic Site of Canada. [1] It is the only gurdwara outside of India and Pakistan that is designated as national ...
Jawala and Wasakha would eventually found the gurdwara on South Grant Street in a house, but their ranch would become an important religious, social, and political center associated with the gurdwara. [2] [3] Jawala went on to form the Ghadar Party, a revolutionary movement that called for diaspora Indians to end the British occupation of India ...
A Gurdwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurdu'ārā or ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ, gurdvārā; lit. ' the doorway to the Guru ' ) is the Sikh place of worship and may be referred to as a Sikh temple.