Browsing Tag: Celebration

Crowds of people wearing a rainbow of coloured robes, scarves, turbans and other head coverings packed Mill Woods Road Sunday to celebrate the founding of the Sikh community.

Life, learning, and advancement of human civilization depend on each of us, in faith, entering into a sacred commitment of peace, harmony, and goodwill toward one another.

On Sunday, EcoSikh hosted its annual gala, which marked the fifth anniversary of the non-profit organization and drew a crowd of over 300 guests from all across the Washington, DC area and East Coast to celebrate EcoSikh’s five years of green action.

Organized by the Punjabi American Heritage Society, the festival was established to celebrate Punjabi culture. Mrs. Narinder Kaur Dhillon (ensaaf.org), sister of late Kuljit Dhatt (from Shahid Bhagat Singh's family), struck an emotional chord with the audience when she talked about her perspective on Human Rights in Punjab.

By bringing these principles of gurmat in to our lives and developing our relationship with the Guru, the personality of Guru Nanak comes alive. His desire to learn, his pursuit of justice, his compassion, his humility, his love for humanity…what better way to celebrate his life?

Sikhs celebrate 544th birthday celebrations of first Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Nanak Devji on a mammoth scale on November 17, 2013.

The celebrations of 545th birth anniversary of first Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism, Baba Guru Nanak starts from November 15 in Pakistan.

Thousands of spectators flocked the streets of Yuba City during the 34th Annual Sikh Parade Nov. 3, which marked the end of a thee-day religious celebration to commemorate the day of installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

Preparations for the 34th annual Sikh Parade have kicked into high gear as temple leaders brace for a massive influx of participants and spectators next weekend...

Windsor's Festival Plaza was a sea of mostly yellow and marigolds on Sunday as hundreds of Sikhs gathered to celebrate the 314th birthday of their religion.

In order to celebrate the holiest Sikh day in the calendar, Vaisakhi, this year the Sikh community wanted to undertake an initiative which would make this most holiest of days not only relevant to the Sikh community, but also relevant to all the people of Leicester.

Following last year’s inaugural Chola sewa, the maryada of sanctified homage to the humblest yet tallest Nishan Saheb in the South Pacific created an electrifying experience amongst the sewadars and we take this opportunity to re-affirm our spirited conviction for the chardi-kala of our panth.

Khalsa Panth Foundation Day (Baisakhi) celebrated with gaiety and devotion by sikhs of Andhra Pradesh

Some 15,000 Sikhs from Southern California and beyond came together on Sunday, April 7th to Celebrate Baisakhi at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Thousands of devotees thronged various historic Gurdwaras of birthplace of Khalsa Anandpur Sahib and Kiratpur Sahib including Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib to pay their obeisance on first day of the second phase of the Hola Mohalla festival that began today.

The historic Stockton Gurdwara in California, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary, remains the spiritual home to generations of Sikh Americans in the country, a top US lawmaker has said.

Hundreds of Sikh devotees will congregate at 450-year old at the site of demolished Gurdwara Gyan Godri Sahib at Haridwar ‘Har ki Pauri’ on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

On Sunday, the Sikh community in the city took out a procession from the Gurdwara in Ulsoor all the way till Commercial Street. Devotees sang bhajans and chanted the name of Guru Nanak during the march.

The life and teachings of Guru Nanak are of profound significance to mankind. His message of love, harmony and brotherhood, his universal vision and compassion provide inspiration for all humanity.

Hundreds of candles lining the walkways and porch in front of Gurdwara Sahib Guru Nanak Dwara in Phoenix, AZ, cast a warm glow upon delighted young faces. Little children carefully and reverently carry their very own candles to place before the Guru...

The message “I Was Here” was chosen to show how people care for others and can leave their footprint on the humanitarian world. The message was to spread positivity among the mankind by doing something good to someone, somewhere.

On the 4th of July 2012, the students of Akal Academy Baru Sahib celebrated the Independence Day of United States with zeal and enthusiasm. The ambience of the beautiful newly constructed lounge was glorified by the fluttering of hundreds of U.S. flags in the hands of smart kids.

Thousands of people – many in orange turbans, scarves and robes – followed the procession, and handed out sweets and treats to onlookers.

Sharon Lea, from Birmingham City Council, said the Vaisakhi festival showed "how people come together in the city to celebrate their cultural identity". She added that it had become a key event in Birmingham's cultural calendar.

Drum rolls and a sea of orange filled Bradford’s streets as about 10,000 Sikhs held a parade to mark the annual celebration remembering the birth of their faith.

With blessings from the Norwegian government, the annual Turban Day celebrated on April 14 is turning three this year. 'The aim of the Norwegian Turban Day is to re-launch the turban as a symbol of solidarity, equality and religious freedom,' Patpatia said.

Baisakhi Day is celebrated each year in the Sikh Community of Southern California with an exquisite Kirtan Darbar and royal Nagar Kirtan. Baisakhi Day commemorates the day in 1699 when the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, established the Khalsa Panth; a society dedicated to Purity of Spirit.

On the 18th. March, 2012, Red Lotus Events will be launching their first unique event to commemorate the Republic Day of India, opening the stage to 1300 guests to relish how Mother India has evolved to the present day with great glamour whilst retaining its rich traditions, beliefs and culture.

I thought it was important to write "home" to my 700,000 fellow Sikh British about a remote Australian Sikh community ensuring "recognition" of Sikh identity at national celebrations.

The three-day festivities of 346th Prakash Utsav of Tenth Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singhji, founder of Khalsa Panth and who protected the nation from invaders, concluded on December 31 with over 20,000 devotees celebrating it with religious fervour, gaiety and devotion by offering prayers at Gurdwaras.