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Meru is a town in formerly Eastern Province of Kenya. It is the headquarters of the Meru County, and the sixth largest urban centre in the country. Meru forms a municipal council with a population of 240,900 residents. The city is located at 0.047035 degrees north and 37.649803 degrees east, on the northeast slopes of Mount Kenya. The Kathita River passes adjacent to the town.
The main administrative part of the town is on the North side of the Kathita River. While the south side of the river is where residential areas are sited. Meru Town is situated about five miles north of the equator, at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet, in an area of mixed forest and clearings, small towns, villages and rural farms. The town is predominantly populated by the Meru people, a Bantu ethnic group. In addition there are other people having different and diverse religions, cultures and all walks of life who live, trade and work in this agricultural and commercial town.
== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==


Click on the photos to see them enlarged  
Click on the photos to see them enlarged  


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Image:Meru Outside.jpg | {{cs|Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru Outside.jpg | {{cs|Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru Maingate.jpg | {{cs|Main Gate of Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru Maingate.jpg | {{cs|Main Gate of Sikh Temple Meru}}
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Image:Meru MainHall.jpg | {{cs|Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru MainHall.jpg | {{cs|Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru ManjiSahib.jpg | {{cs|Manji Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru ManjiSahib.jpg | {{cs|Manji Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru DarbarInside.jpg | {{cs|Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}}
Image:Meru DarbarInside.jpg | {{cs|Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru DarbarInside3.jpg | {{cs|Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru DarbarInside3.jpg | {{cs|Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru DarbarInside2.jpg| {{cs|Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}}
Image:Meru DarbarInside2.jpg| {{cs|Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru KitchenLangar.jpg | {{cs|Kitchen and Langar Hall of Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru KitchenLangar.jpg | {{cs|Kitchen and Langar Hall of Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru LangarHall.jpg | {{cs|Langar Hall of Sikh Temple Meru}}
Image:Meru LangarHall.jpg | {{cs|Langar Hall of Sikh Temple Meru}}
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==See also==


{|
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* [[Makindu Gurdwara: A Traveller’s Paradise]]
* [[Makindu Gurdwara:In the News]]
* [[Gurdwara Sahib (Thika)]]
* [[Gurdwaras in Africa]]
* [[Guru Nanak Council of Zambia]]
* [[Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (Kericho)]]
* [[Makindu Sikh Temple]]
* [[Nanaksar Satsang Sabha, Nairobi]]
* [[Ramgharia Sikh Temple Pangani, Nairobi]]
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* [[Gurdwaras in East Africa]]
* [[Sikh Temple Landia]]
* [[Sikh Temple, Kericho]]
* [[Sikh Temple, Nakuru]]
* [[Sikh Temple, Nyeri]]
* [[Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Mombasa]]
* [[Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Nairobi]]
* [[Siri Guru Singh Sabha, Port Louis]]
* [[Sri Gurdwara Bazar, Juja Road, Nairobi]]
|}
[[Category:Gurdwaras in Africa]]
[[Category:Gurdwaras in Africa]]
[[Category:Gurdwaras in Kenya]]

Latest revision as of 13:33, 31 August 2014

Meru is a town in formerly Eastern Province of Kenya. It is the headquarters of the Meru County, and the sixth largest urban centre in the country. Meru forms a municipal council with a population of 240,900 residents. The city is located at 0.047035 degrees north and 37.649803 degrees east, on the northeast slopes of Mount Kenya. The Kathita River passes adjacent to the town.

The main administrative part of the town is on the North side of the Kathita River. While the south side of the river is where residential areas are sited. Meru Town is situated about five miles north of the equator, at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet, in an area of mixed forest and clearings, small towns, villages and rural farms. The town is predominantly populated by the Meru people, a Bantu ethnic group. In addition there are other people having different and diverse religions, cultures and all walks of life who live, trade and work in this agricultural and commercial town.

Gallery

Click on the photos to see them enlarged

  • Picture Gallery
  • Sikh Temple Meru
    Sikh Temple Meru
  • Main Gate of Sikh Temple Meru
    Main Gate of Sikh Temple Meru
  • Driveway leading into Gurdwara Sahib
    Driveway leading into Gurdwara Sahib
  • Driveway and Darbar Sahib
    Driveway and Darbar Sahib
  • Darbar Sahib and Nishan Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
    Darbar Sahib and Nishan Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
  • Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
    Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
  • Manji Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
    Manji Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
  • Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
    Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
  • Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
    Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
  • Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
    Darbar Sahib at Sikh Temple Meru
  • Kitchen and Langar Hall of Sikh Temple Meru
    Kitchen and Langar Hall of Sikh Temple Meru
  • Langar Hall of Sikh Temple Meru
    Langar Hall of Sikh Temple Meru

See also

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