gurdwaras

Takhat Jathedars to Further Discuss Caste Based Gurdwaras By: Sikh24 Editors AMRITSAR SAHIB (July 12, 2012)–After having issued a Hukamnama from Sri Akal Takhat, it seems the leadership of the Five Takhats is set to work on freeing Gurdwaras from the clutches of the caste system. A meeting...

This is an interesting campaign and I would be interested in your thoughts....... http://sikhanonymous.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/occupy-sikhi-6612-occupy-our-gurdwaras/ Background info:- http://sikhanonymous.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/spring-cleaning-part-1-gurudwara-management-committees/...

Gurfateh everyone, So I was at Malton Gurudwara yesterday and after the simran programme ended I noticed a diva type thing in the corner of the Gurdwara and I saw one individual even put his hands above the flame and then swipe it over his head. I was just wondering what does keeping a flame...

AMRITSAR: Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Gurbachan Singh has directed management committees of all the gurdwaras not to let them unattended at anytime of the day or night. The directions were issued by Sikh high priest on Friday after some unidentified persons stole five saroops of Sri Guru...

11 PM Tuesday BST – Sikhs are being arrested by the police for carrying exposed ‘Sri Sahibs’. Arrests have been made in Handsworth. Image: Sangat outside Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Park Ave., Southall, London LONDON (August 9, 2011)–There have been reports of continued riots, including...

AMRITSAR: Perturbed over the mushrooming growth of gurdwaras abroad, which many a times causes embarrassment to the community, jathedar of Akal Takht has warned of stern religious action against persons constructing gurdwaras without the approval of Akal Takht. "Majority of gurdwaras abroad...

Waheguruji ka Khalsa Waheguruji ki Fateh, Many times a goat is slaughterd in Gurdwara permises in Hazur Saheb and the head of the poor goat is carried in a bata in side the main gurdwara and with the blood of the goat the tilak is applied to the Shastrs of Sri Guru Gobind Singhji. Is...

Review by Parul Bajaj Tags : Damanbir Singh, IAS officer, Sikh religion, Tryst With Trees It was a pilgrimage of sorts, one that took Damanbir Singh Jaspal, a senior Punjab IAS officer, eminent scholar and academician, more than three years to complete. It was a journey that required both...

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Nine gurdwaras razed in 1984 not reconstructed, say Sikh organisations The All India Sikh Students' Federation (AISSF) and the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) have claimed to have identified at least nine sites in Delhi where gurdwaras were not reconstructed after they were razed by mobs during...

Recently ,i attended a family Akhand Path at Gurdwara Naank Parkash -Harnall Lane coventry. i was shocked to see a bright bold sign outside of the main prayer hall saying "WHEELCHAIR NOT ALLOWED " i found this sign very upsetting and disturbing, let me explain , i am a independant wheelchair...

Written by an anonymous author. Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh. I wish to share a concern that has evolved with the developments that are taking place in Pakistan in the last few years and their effects on Sikh historical sites. Since the partition of India and the creation of...

Most American Gurdwaras Will Not Follow New Nanakshahi Calendar By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Bureau Posted: Friday, February 18, 2011 | 12:11 pm Reporting from Washington - American gurdwaras representatives formally declared that they will not institute changes made last year...

B’desh gurdwaras a picture of neglect Perneet Singh/TNS Amritsar, December 14 With the return of a 58-member Sikh jatha from Bangladesh, the deplorable state of historic gurdwaras there has come to the fore. A report in this regard will soon be submitted to the SGPC. Narrating the...

Temples 'breaking the Sikh code' on meat and alcohol By Aftab Gulzar BBC Asian Network Some gurdwaras in the UK are going against their religion by serving meat and alcohol on their premises, according to an association of Sikh followers. The UK Sangat, an association of Sikh followers...

http://www.mynews.in/News/many_punjab_women_entering_greece_illegally_say_gurdwaras_N111701.html Many Punjab women entering Greece illegally, say gurdwaras Jalandhar: Many young women from Punjab in search of jobs abroad end up illegally in Greece, where they are forced into the flesh...

Legislation passed by the Punjab Legislative Council which marked the culmination of the struggle of the Sikh people from 1920-1925 to wrest control of their places of worship from the mahants or priests into whose hands they had passed during the eighteenth century when the Khalsa were driven...

Inter-religious marriages in Gurdwaras Sikh Reht Maryada THE CODE OF SIKH CONDUCT AND CONVENTIONS http://www.sgpc.net/sikhism/anand-sanskar.asp Anand Sanskar : (Sikh Matrimonial Ceremony and Conventions) (b) A Sikh's daughter must be married to a Sikh. (k) Persons professing faiths...

20 more gurdwaras including Rara Sahib in SGPC's control http://epaper. hindustantimes. com/ArticleText. aspx?article= 11_04_2010_ 002_006&kword=&mode=1 Through a special notification...