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Both Sikhs and Hindus revere the concept of a guru [87] although the role and concept of a guru in Sikhism is different from that in Hinduism [88] In the Hindu and Sikh traditions, there is a distinction between religion and culture, and ethical decisions are grounded in both religious beliefs and cultural values.
Sikh people originally held religious services in private residences. In 1972, the Sikh Center of the Gulf Coast Area, the first dedicated Sikh center of worship, was established by Kanwaljeet Singh and other Sikhs. [4] In 2012, the Sikh National Center stated that the city of Houston had 7,000 to 10,000 Sikhs. [59]
Down south in the San Joaquin Valley, Livingston is home to around 2,500 Sikhs (~17% of the city's population); Livingston is the most proportionally Sikh municipality in America. [64] The New York metropolitan area also has a significant Sikh American presence. Around 19,000 Sikhs live in New York City, with around 18,000 in Queens. [64]
Several South Asian American civil rights groups are criticizing the formation of a new Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and Jain American Congressional Caucus, saying they're worried marginalized groups are ...
Many of the early Hindu emissaries to the United States drew on ideological confluences between Christian and Hindu universalism. [37] Hindu temples in the United States tend to house more than one deity corresponding with a different tradition, unlike those in India which tend to house deities from a single tradition. [38]
Thousands of people of Sikh descent and a smattering of fans of the annual Nagar Kirtan Sikh parade walk from the outskirts of town to the Sikh place of worship, the Yuba City Gurdwara. Sikhs make ...
Hindus believe in one divine entity, but every Hindu community worships a different manifestation. For the BAPS Swaminarayan community, that divinity is embodied in its founder.
Sanatan Sikhs led by Khem Singh Bedi – who claimed to be a direct descendant of Guru Nanak, Avtar Singh Vahiria and others supported a more inclusive approach which considered Sikhism as a reformed tradition of Hinduism, while Tat Khalsa campaigned for an exclusive approach to the Sikh identity, disagreeing with Sanatan Sikhs and seeking to ...