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Gurdwaras Burnt, Demolished or converted need Attention: A Brief Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Prof Emeritus Desh Bhagat University During my research on Gurdwaras for over 50 years from 1970 till...

My Experience about Guru Dongmar Gurdwara Col Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal I was posted in Sikkim in 1970-1971 AD. I visited Gurdwara Chungthang in 1970 and paid my obeisance. I was told there that Guru Nanak also visited Gurudongmar and other places in Sikkim and adjoining areas. I started doing...

Weekly India Today Spitting Poison of Untruth against Minorites and affecting Court Proceedings Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Ex Dean Research Desh Bhagat University A highly poisonous, devoid of truth, anti Sikh article "Gurudongmar in Sikkim | Force majeure" written by Kai Friese, a...

GURU NANAK IN SIKKIM Dr Dalvider Singh Grewal Perched in the lap of the Eastern Himalayas, below Kanchandzonga It is bounded by Tibetan plateau (north), Nepal (west), Chumbi valley of Tibet & Bhutan (east) and West Bengal (south). Its area is hilly, heights ranging from 800 to 28000 feet above...

ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ ਗੁਰੂਡਾਂਗਮਾਰ ਦਾ ਬੋਧ-ਸਥਾਨ ਵਿਚ ਬਦਲਣ ਤੇ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੀ ਬੇਅਦਬੀ ਬਾਰੇ ਸਿਕਿਮ ਹਾਈ ਕੋਰਟ ਵਿਚ ਕੇਸ ਦਾ ਹੁਣ ਤਕ ਦਾ ਸੱਚ-1 ਡਾ: ਦਲਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਗ੍ਰੇਵਾਲ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ (1469-1539 ਈਸਵੀ) ਨੇ ਅੰਧਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ਼, ਭਰਮਾਂ ਤੇ ਵਹਿਮਾਂ ਦੇ ਹਨੇਰੇ ਵਿਚ ਫਸੀ ਤੇ ਜਬਰ-ਜ਼ੁਲਮ ਥੱਲੇ ਦਬੀ ਲੋਕਾਈ ਨੂੰ ਸੱਚ, ਹੱਕ, ਇਨਸਾਫ...

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The state has associations with Sikhism. Legend says the religion's founder, Guru Nanak, travelled through the state to Mount Kailash in Tibet in 1516, and there are depressions said to be his footprints. In 1968 a young Sikh sepoy drowned in Sikkim and visitors flock to a shrine built to...