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View of the Sikh Center of San Francisco Bay Area Sikh Festival and Parade, San Francisco Civic Center June 10, 2018. The Sikh Center of San Francisco Bay Area (also known as Gurdwara Sahib of El Sobrante) is a Sikh gurdwara in the hills of unincorporated El Sobrante, California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) president and former president of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSMGC) Paramjit Singh Sarna has stirred a controversy by demanding that Gurdwara Janamasthan Nankana Sahib in Pakistan be declared the sixth takht (seat of authority) of Sikhs. Acting jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Harpreet Singh was the first ...
The Sikh Confederacy was the catalyst for a uniquely Sikh form of expression, with Ranjit Singh commissioning forts, palaces, bungas (residential places) and colleges in a Sikh style. Sikh architecture is characterised by gilded fluted domes, cupolas, kiosks, stone lanterns, ornate balusters and square roofs.
Earlier this year, the houses of two Sikh activists were hit by gunfire in Surrey and the Ontario city of Brampton, Canada. No one was injured in either incident, but Sikh separatists maintain ...
The first Hollywood Sikh Temple, founded by Dr. Amarjit Marwah, [3] opened in 1969, making it the first Sikh temple to emerge in the United States following India's independence from British rule. Its dedication coincided with the 500th anniversary of Sikhism ’s founder, Guru Nanak .
Dr. Singh, who spoke to The Bee while attending this year’s parade on Nov. 5, was a physician and Sikh rights activist in Punjab in the 1980s, a risky endeavor following attacks on Sikhs by the ...
Sikh pilgrims and Sikhs of other sects customarily consider these as holy and a part of their Tirath. [158] The Hola Mohalla around the festival of Holi, for example, is a ceremonial and customary gathering every year in Anandpur Sahib attracting over 100,000 Sikhs. [159] [160] Major Sikh temples feature a sarovar where some Sikhs take a ...
Sikhism developed from the spiritual teachings of Guru Nanak (1469–1539), the faith's first guru, and the nine Sikh gurus who succeeded him. The tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), named the Guru Granth Sahib , which is the central religious scripture in Sikhism, as his successor.