Browsing Tag: Monsoon

About 300 Sikh pilgrims trapped around the famous pilgrimage Sri Hemkunt Sahib in Uttarakhand have been rescued even as efforts are underway to evacuate over 3,000 people of the community stranded in the hill state.

In a country often threatened by strife and conflict, the Times of India on Wednesday reported a heart-warming story about how in a place called Joshimath in Uttarakhand, Sikhs invited the Muslims to pray in the hall of their Gurudwara on Eid-ul-Fitr.

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have forced more 200,000 people from their homes in northeast India and neighbouring Nepal, and killed almost 80 people, government officials said yesterday.

The Sikh community of Andhra Pradesh today performed a special ``Ardas'' (a Sikh prayer that is performed for a significant task) for rains across the country more particularly for the state.