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A Gurdwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, gurdu'ārā or ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ, gurdvārā, meaning "the doorway to the Guru") is the Sikh place of worship and may be referred to as a Sikh temple.
Valley Sikh Temple Canoga Park Gurdwara Sahib of Hayward Hayward Sikh Center of San Francisco Bay Area El Sobrante Gurdwara Sahib Temple Fremont Sikh Gurdwara of San Francisco San Mateo: Sikh Center of San Francisco Bay Area: El Sobrante: Gurdwara Sahib Fremont: Fremont: The Sikh Foundation of the North Bay/Santa Rosa Gurdwara Sahib: Santa Rosa
The Stockton gurdwara, the oldest in the U.S., opened on October 24, 1912. [23]Sikhs have lived in the United States for more than 130 years. The first Sikh immigrants to the United States started to arrive in the second half of the 19th century, when poor economic conditions in British India drove many Indians to emigrate elsewhere.
The etymology of the term gurdwara is from the words gur (ਗੁਰ) (a reference to the Sikh gurus) and dwara (ਦੁਆਰਾ) (gateway in Punjabi), together meaning 'the gateway through which the guru could be reached'. [7] Thereafter, all Sikh places of worship came to be known as gurdwaras.
The Sri Venkateswara Temple, Pittsburgh, inaugurated on June 8, 1977, and the Hindu Temple Society of North America in New York, consecrated on July 4, 1977, became the first Hindu temples in the U.S. built by Indian immigrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, temples were built in nearly all major metropolitan areas.
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. [1]
Detroit (dɪˈtɹɔɪt) is a town in Red River County, Texas, United States. The population was 704 at the 2020 census. Notable person.
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, was born in Patna, Mughal Empire on 22 December 1666. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He also spent his early years here before moving to Anandpur Sahib . Besides being the birthplace of Gobind Singh, Patna was also honored by the visits of Guru Nanak and Guru Tegh Bahadur .