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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.
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By the mid-1980s, between 200-300 Sikhs attended Sunday services at the temple, and in 1986, the temple was demolished to make way for a larger one. [ 5 ] The new, larger temple opened in 1996, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] with its dedication ceremony presided over by "the supreme and highest spiritual and temporal authority of the Sikh religion visiting from ...
The Sikh Gurdwara of San Jose is a gurdwara (a Sikh place of worship) located in the Evergreen district of San Jose, California. It was founded in 1984 by leaders of the then-rapidly growing community of Sikhs in the area. [1] It is the largest Gurdwara in the world outside of India. [2] [3]
From 17th November 1968 the Gurdwara was located at Clarence Place. Originally a chapel, this site was being used as a warehouse for the previous two decades, when purchased by the Sikh community. [17] [28] [29] [14] The site was purchased for £13,000, and assistance was given in organising by the then MP Albert Murray. [14]
The practice of charitable giving was preached and spread by Guru Amar Das, followed by Guru Ram Das, and by Guru Arjan. [8] During the guruship of Guru Amar Das, an authorized institution for managing and spreading the Sikh religion was developed in order to show directions to the Sikhs by preaching them the teachings of Sikh gurus. [5]
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.
Sikh Religious Society of South Carolina [1] is a Sikh gurdwara, also known as Gurdwara Nanaksar, located in Chapin, South Carolina. Gurdwara Nanaksar, Sikh Religious Society of South Carolina, New Gurdwara Sahib building inaugurated in June 2013 Langar Hall, Sikh Religious Society of South Carolina, Old Gurdwara Sahib building opened in 1995.