Showing posts with label gurdwara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gurdwara. Show all posts

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Gurdwara Sahib in Singapore - World capitals

The Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road is located at Silat Road, now renamed Jalan Bukit Merah. It is the first-ever Sikh gurdwara to be built in Singapore.
The gurdwara has an old history having been completed in 1924. It was reopened in Ocober 1995.
Among other things, it has the largest palki sahib and the largest dome on a gurdwara outside India.
Further information and images are available here. http://infopedia.nlb.gov.sg/articles/SIP_402_2004-12-14.html

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

New Gurdwara Sahib at Chesapeake, Virginia

Chesapeake in Virginia gets a new gurdwara sahib.
read here....

Region's first Sikh house of worship opens in Chesapeake
By JANETTE RODRIGUES, The Virginian-Pilot


CHESAPEAKE - A woman dressed in a tunic and flowing pants slipped off her shoes after she entered a Sikh house of worship just off Great Bridge Boulevard.
She washed her hands, pulled up the scarf draped across her shoulder so it covered her hair and walked into the prayer room, where a reader sitting on a raised platform chanted scripture from the Sikh holy book. She bowed her head to the floor before sitting cross-legged on it......http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=122876&ran=75411

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Gurdwara in Tehra, Iran - world capitals


We do not have a video here, so we are posting a photograph taken during the visit of the Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on April 12, 2001. The External Affairs Minister Shri Jaswant Singh and the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri Omar Abdullah are also seen.

Gurdwara in Singapore - world capitals

Kirtan at Gurdwara Sahib in Singapore (Katong)


Another kirtan recital at Gurdwara Katong, Singapore

Gurdwara Sahib in Kabul, Afghanistan - world capitals

Here is kirtan recital at Gurdwara Sahib in Kabul, Afghanistan


And here is a celebration to mark the Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism.

Gurdwara in Copenhagen, Denmark - world capitals

Here is a video of nagar kirtan in Copenhagen, Denmark.


And here is a kirtan darbar at Copenhagen

Friday, March 30, 2007

Gurdwara in Moscow - world capitals

There is a gurdwara, Sikh place of worship, in Moscow as well and according to the video in YouTube, it is called Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar.


This is the second post on the gurdwara in Moscow, and some people are not happy at placing the holy book in the suitcase.


The third and final video:

Gurdwara Sahib in Bangkok, Thailand (World capitals)

Here is the second in the series of Gurdwaras, Sikh place of worship, around the world. The gurdwara videos are in Bangkok in Thailand.

Gurdwara Sahib in Tokyo - world capitals

 We would be posting links and information about Gurdwaras, Sikh place of worship, all around the world to make it easier for Sikhs to become a part of the sangat. Here is the first, and it is about Gurdwara Sahib in Tokyo.

It is so fascinating to watch Japanese faces there.


Here is the langar (community kitchen seva) at Gurdwara Sahib