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...out below. In the distance you can make out Akhnoor town, the [[Jia Pota Temple]], a Gurdwara and an old Rajput Fort, it's always a breath taking sight, th From this vantage point on our trip down the river valley we come next to an old fort high on a hill overlooking the river. The Fort

'''Dholbaha''', situated in a picturesque valley at the foot of the Shiwaliks, is 30 kilometers to the northwest of Hoshiarp ...iod when Stone Age man roamed up and down the terraces and hillocks of the valley looking for food, water and shelter. Another tradition is that the name 'Dh

...yan range since ancient times. Salt was the most important export from the valley, at least until the discovery of the famous sapphires. ...rvices, appointed Raja of Jammu by [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] at [[Jia Pota Temple]] in [[Akhnoor]]. This area remained under the control of Maharaja Ranjit S

...e (Nyandarua) Range, which forms part of the eastern end of the Great Rift Valley, and the western slopes of Mount Kenya. Image:Nyerienterance.JPG |The entrance to Sikh Temple Nyeri

...ed in Kericho County, located within the highlands west of The Kenyan Rift Valley. The capital of the is Kericho town. The district is home to the best of Ke ...vice ("nishkam sewa") in the name of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh faith. The site has been gazetted by the Government of Kenya as a place of

...ming Goddess” or “She of the flaming mouth”. The famous temple lies in the valley of Beas and is built over some natural jets of combustible gas believed to ...dered as the fiery mouth of Goddess. There is the Gorakh Dibbi, Chaturbhuj Temple and a host of other smaller shrine at Jawalamukhi town.

'''Sanwal Shahis''' are chiefly found in South-west [[Punjab]], the [[Indus valley]] & North West Frontier Provinces. These are said to be followers of [[Sanw ...His father supplied funds to [[Guru Ram Das]] for the building of [[Golden Temple]]. He and his father preached the [[Sikhism]].

...hills. Serving the Sikh community in the Bay Area it is also known as the Sikh Center of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Gurdwara was built in late 1970s ...e Sikhs immigrated to the Bay Area, the Sikh community decided that a Sikh Temple was necessary to serve local Sikhs in terms of carrying out general ceremon

...ising up to 10,000 ft on the equator and down to the bed of the Great Rift Valley, before reaching Victoria. ...f the main Sikh educational system in Kenya,the Khalsa Schools". The first Sikh Gurdwara Sahibin Africa was opened in Kilindini (Mombasa) literally within

The history of the [[Sikh]]s in East Africa begins with the building of the railways in about 1890. T Many, but not all, of the original Sikh pioneers returned to India to be replaced and augmented by others who came

...independent kingdom, narrated that several other foreigners reside in the valley as Hindustanis and Sikhs. ...n in the later part of 18th century the Sikhs began to live in the Manipur valley lying in the Eastern border of India.

...Afghans, escaped first to [[Jammu]] and then to [[Lahore]] and urged the [[Sikh]] ruler to free the Kashmiris from Afghan oppression. ...e Baramulla Muzaffarabad route heading for Kabul. After their victory, the Sikh forces under the command of Missar Devan Chand and [[Phula Singh Akali]]

...obind Ghat one road leads to Hemkunt Sahib and the other to the historical temple of Badri Nath. This Gurdwara was built under the supervision of Havaldar Mo ...the world famous valley of flowers and others pay homage to the historical temple of Badri Nath and other temples of their choice. Such pilgrims are also wel

...ord Sikh temple built 1911-1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{cs|'''Abbotsford Sikh Temple built 1911'''}}]] ...dian Sikh communities. Architecturally, it is an adaptation of traditional Sikh forms to Canadian conditions which nevertheless embodies the fundamental be

[[File:HK SikhTemple 1938 Bldg.jpg|right|thumb|The Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple]] '''Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple''' is a gurdwara in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong, on the junction of

...ilip Singh in 1889 AD. A trust is looking after the temple since 1981. The temple complex has three halls and forty rooms for the devotees to stay in. A '[[L ==Sikh History==

...lways been a sanctuary for political refugees. It became the centre of the Sikh revolt against Dogra dominance over the Punjab. ...sh their authority, made their move in 1847. They deported Rani Jinda. The Sikh chiefs revolted, including Bhagwan Singh. He was welcomed by Sikhs saying "

...era and was held in high esteem by a vast following, including most of the Sikh chiefs and courtiers. Maharaj Singh's revolutionary career started with the ...ar and was seen in the battlefield riding his black mare and exhorting the Sikh soldiers to lay down their lives for the sake of their country. Thereafter

...gurdwara in Escondido as construction was finishing up last month. The new temple will serve the region from Temecula to Escondido, filling a gap between exi ...s.com/articles/2008/11/28/faith/z081e1eca551cf6848825750c005d9522.txt Sikh temple ready to meet area's spiritual needs] By FRANK KOCHER November 28, 2008

...a conflict with the Sikkim Government when they erected a gurdwara (a Sikh temple) near the lake in the 1990s : the gurdwara has now become a 'Sarva Dharma S ...wara here commemorates Guru Nanak Dev Ji's visit and is one of the holiest Sikh pilgrim shrines in the Himalayas.

...ommunity for portraying a Sikh Guru as a golfer on its cover. According to Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)}} ...en-temple|After the Attack - Interview with the Head Granthi of the Golden Temple|~1225968.jpg|Singh Sahib Giani Sahib Singh, the head Granthi of Sri Darbar

.../teaser/large/FF-3.jpg|To promote Sikh history and culture, the first-ever Sikh film festival in India will be organised at Amritsar in the beginning of ne ...iary of American Airlines. As far as anybody knows, she is the only female Sikh airline pilot in North America, and possibly anywhere.}}

[[Fort Mcmurray Sikh Society]] Fort Mcmurray, Alberta T9K I K7 [[Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple]] - 1410 Horsehill Road, Edmonton, AB 472 - 6335

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...med Akal Bunga, established by Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib in sunmat 1665 for Sikh Governance, located in front of Harmindar Sahib, Amritsar. Regular diwans w ...lways been a sanctuary for political refugees. It became the centre of the Sikh revolt against Dogra dominance over the Punjab.

...he Brahmins of Kashmir were renowned for their learning and orthodoxy. The Valley of Kashmir surrounded as it was by the Muslim lands, could easily be assimi ...ministered by 14 Governors. Iftikhar Khan was most cruel of all these. The Sikh tradition speaks of the atrocities against the Brahmins of Kashmir and the

...park below the small forested hill by the river on the road to Balaju. The temple is left to bird song and the occasional visitor who either knows it is ther ...were pecking about the carved feet. And there he told me the story of the temple of the golden book and the shrine against which we sat.

...Theater, Beverly Hills, CA to celebrate Sikh film and culture at the 2008 Sikh Arts and Spinning Wheel Festival.}} ...o wrote passionately to President Bush about the discrimination faced by a Sikh prisoner, [[Jagmohan Singh Ahuja]]..}}

...er conjecture by those who wish to explain the 1984 attack on the [[Golden Temple]] as some sort of ancient revenge for Gangu and his wife having been execu ...early in the eighteenth century, our ancestor came down from that mountain valley to seek fame and fortune in the rich plains below. Those were the days of t

[[Image:STN1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Sikh Temple Nakuru]] The history of the Sikhs in Kenya’s Rift Valley and its largest town, Nakuru, is long and distinguished. In the early years

'''Former head of the ISI, a non Sikh who is head of the Pakistan Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PGPC), says Sikh India’s Sikh Militants Forming Ties with Lashkar-e-Taiba and Pakistani Intelligence

...era and was held in high esteem by a vast following, including most of the Sikh chiefs and courtiers. ...cret headquarters. In December 1849, he went to Hoshiarpur and visited the Sikh regiments to enlist their support. Bhai Maharaj Singh, who carried on his h

said the Sikh community like Jains and Buddhists were a part of the Hindu the question of Sikh identity. Reminding them of the days of bloodshed, he

...d, Colorado, Snatam’s parents turned to the teachings and lifestyle of the Sikh tradition and became students of the renowned Kundalini yoga master, Yogi B ...lay the flute, piano, and tablas. Her mother sang devotional songs of the Sikh faith every day. Snatam took easily to this musical environment, and her f

There are various versions in the Sikh history about the arrest of Mata Gujri and young sahibzadeys and the role o ...entral Mughal leadership, who helped [[Khalsa]] during Sirhind Fateh. Many Sikh scholars note that the Mughal governor, Wazir Khan and his minister Sucha N

...showered flowers from heaven. These fell to the earth and took root in the Valley of Flowers. ...om Hemkunt by God and given a mission to be reborn as the son of the ninth Sikh Guru and his wife. This final part of the story is recounted in Bachitar Na

...velled in all four directions - North, East, West and South. The founder [[Sikh Guru]] is believed to have travelled more than 28,000 Kms in five major tou ...isciple and decided to propagate the Word of God. Braham Das stayed in the valley and Kamal and was advised by Guru Nanak to settle in Kurram from where he p

...y Nirmila scholar. His findings were published by the renowned exponent of Sikh history and scholar, [[Bhai Vir Singh]] in 1929 in his book called “Sri K ...ara from all faiths and from all directions because God is all around. The Sikh faith is all about tolerance and not prejudice towards all religions and fa

{{p2|File:Cheese-b.jpg|A Sikh couple, farm workers in Italy}} ...h Italian families with roots from India's Punjab region. Like many in the Sikh community they have found their calling producing Parmesan and other cheese

...had internal autonomy of the principality, which became a tributary of the Sikh Empire. Later (''c.''1812), Gulab Singh enlisted in Emperor Ranjit Singh's ...ed area which was expanded in 1819 with the annexation of [[Kashmir]] by a Sikh force. In 1820, in appreciation of services rendered by the family, and by

...lt by the Indian Army is over the road to Hemkunt Sahib, one of the sacred Sikh shrines in honour of Havildar Modan Singh]] ...death of the Guru. A tumultuous century passed before the attention of the Sikh community was drawn to the passage in Bachitar Natak that described Hemkunt

The major time periods in Sikh History are: 4) Sikh Kingdom Era

...forced to surrender the diamond to the British at the end of the 2nd Anglo-Sikh war during a Darbar on March 29th, 1849. At his 10th birthday party that ye ...hills and soon marched ahead of the Lahore army. But the Sikhs reached the valley before Fateh Khan by using a shorter, though more hazardous, route. Shah Sh

...ctober]] [[1963]]) was born at Sialkot (now in [[Pakistan]]). He was a [[Sikh]] political leader and virtually the first president of the [[Shiromani Gur ...e in 1912 as chairman of the reception committee of the 5th session of the Sikh Educational Conference held at Sialkot.

Every spring and summer across the Fraser Valley, an estimated 6000 immigrants from the Punjab pick berries in Third World c ...re explains how Punjabi landlords become Canadian serfs. At the local Sikh temple, or through relatives, new immigrants hear about fellow Indo-Canadian labor

...of [[Buddhists]] in Tibet, has confirmed this in his discussions with some Sikh leaders saying that Tibetans revere Guru Nanak as a Buddhist saint under th When you go to the [[Golden Temple]] in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab]], [[India]] one of the most interesting things

...i has released more than 40 videos focusing on spreading the wisdom of the Sikh Gurus. The main philosophy of the channel is to simply teach the basics wis ...news/transcending-anger-and-fear-sikh-way|Transcending Anger and Fear: The Sikh Way|http://www.sikhiwiki.org/images/1/11/Ryanatvigil.jpg|The vigil in front

...//www.sikhnet.com/files/imagecache/thumb/news/image/main/ecosikh-THUMB.jpg|Sikh environmental activists Baba Sewa Singh and Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal wil ...seminar at the Nishkam Centre in Birmingham, UK. Hosting the seminar, the Sikh Chaplain to the Armed Forces, Mandeep Kaur,}}

...ndia/Pakistan which is a Muslim tribe. For more information see http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/postgurus/ramgarhia2/ram%20Jassa%20Singh.htm --------> ...the death of [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] in [[1716]] to the founding of the [[Sikh Empire]] in [[1801]]. The period is also sometimes described as the [[Misl|

...n Nyi ma la. Passing through Dolma Sampa and Tongpen, he entered Muguthang valley where he visited Kedang, Bendu, Sherang, Lyingka, and Muguthang. He went th ...sit to these areas. The Lamas from these areas have been visiting [[Golden Temple]], [[Amritsar]], regularly to pay obeisance to their beloved Guru Rimpoche,

...elephant has been collected. It is said that when Alexander entered Jhelum Valley, young maidens with shell bangles were filling their pitchers with water fr ...Shahi period (AD 650-950). Beautifully carved, it conforms to the best in temple architecture. Katas Raj is also held sacred by Hindus for another reason. L

...velled in all four directions - North, East, West and South. The founder [[Sikh Guru]] is believed to have travelled more than 28,000 Kms in five major tou ...played his rosary and thus posed to be a holyman. He had built a [[Hindu]] temple and a [[Muslim]] mosque at the courtyard of his residence. He would invite

...akistan]]. He was [[The Birth of the Guru|born]], according to all ancient Sikh records, in the early morning of the third day of the light half of the mon SON: My house is His Temple, mother! God is my home and His grace is my family. His pleasure is my ut

gave the Sikh people ...collaboration with Brahminical malcontents, made serious inroads into the Sikh theology. The worst part of it was that the contamination came to be passed

...ra Hemkunt Sahib''' (coordinates {{coord|30.640792|N|79.692936|E}}) is a [[Sikh]] shrine present in [[Uttarakhand]] state in [[India]] at a place called [[ ...ound in the [[Dasam Granth]], the second most important scripture of the [[Sikh]]s. But it was not until the twentieth century after many long years of sea

...n the the other religions of the Punjab music is deeply connected with the Sikh religion. In fact a glossary of music and Ragas are given at the end of the ...ins a very active 'ghost" in the folklore and performances of modern Hindu/Sikh Indian Punjab.

[[Image:Ss-Sikhsign.jpg|thumb|125px|right|<center>Sikh Regimental Insignia</center>]] ...Gobind Singh|by Sri Guru Gobind Singh]] [[Sikh Regiment|- the motto of the Sikh Regiment]]<br>[[Deh Shiva Bar Mohe Eha]]<br>

...ghts of all other chivalries belong to the court of gallant Indra, but the Sikh knights belong to the court of -whom else but Guru Nanak. ...d secular observance, and no social custom was to hinder them in doing so. Sikh women are to this day seen attending all occasions of public worship. All c

...7000 BCE. From about 3000 BCE the Indus River basin was home to the Indus valley civilization, one of the earliest in human history. At its height, it boast Factors in the Indus valley civilization's decline possibly included a change in weather patterns and u

...f the Sikhs of East Africa begins with the Railway - though detachments of Sikh Regiments had seen service in certain parts of East Africa in previous year Many, but not all, of the original Sikh arrivals returned to India to be replaced and augmented by others who came

...s of their labors and those who wear the crown of gold, unearthed from the valley of death of these heroes, have deliberately, consciously and callously forg ...with the jail authorities minutely and distinctly. In his various books on Sikh theology he quotes very appropriate verses from [[Gurbani]] freely and wit

Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947 is a book by Sikh scholar Gurbachan Singh Talib (student/scholar). The introduction to the re ...so records the attacks on the Dehra Sahib Gurdwara of Lahore, an important Sikh site of the martyrdom of Sri Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs. T

|caste_name= Sikh Jatt ...Falcon, in his Handbook on Sikhs [1] wrote, in 1896, "The back-bone of the Sikh people is the great Jat Race, divided and sub-divided into numerous clans.

The Sikh Epoch 72 The Temple of Bread: Langar 149

2 Evolution of the Sikh Panth (1469 - 1708) ...ntained in the Adi Granth, now known as the [[Sri Guru Granth Sahib]], the Sikh scripture.

...s districts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh also have considerable Saini Sikh population. They are not found in any significant numbers in the lower and ...al units. In British era Sainis fought largely in Grenadiers , Sappers and Sikh Regiments. Subedar-Major Jagindar Singh Saini who was a hero of Battle of L