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News: Sikhs aim to show American spirit in Bedford Fourth of July parade

For Sikhs who belong to a temple just off the historic Bedford downtown, participating in the city's Fourth of July parade is a chance to show people that beneath their turbans and head scarves beat the hearts of Americans.

News: Crowds gather for Nagar Kirtan

...the Khalsa Diwan Society, each year Queensborough's Gurdwara Sahib (Sikh Temple) organizes a parade and religious procession, or Nagar Kirtan, to commemorate the life and death of their "fifth spiritual master, Guru Arjan Sahib Ji."

News: The Sikh stamp on Italian cheese

As the story goes, the Italian youth after getting educated did not want to pursue low-skilled jobs of milking and grazing the cows at dairy farms. Enter: Sikhs in search of greener pastures....

News: Sikh temple symbolises UAE's tolerance

A sandstone-coloured Sikh temple in Jebel Ali has become the latest symbol of religious tolerance in the UAE.

News: A humble journey into Sikhism

It was not so long ago on Vaisakhi this year when my mother decided to go to the Gurdwara and I guiltily tagged along....

News: Bhagat Singh Thind's centennial ~ July 04, 2013

Bhagat Singh Thind was one of the major pioneers of Sikh immigration to the United States and an American hero.

News: Officer wounded in Sikh Temple shooting honored at retirement event

With speeches, proclamations, hugs, laughs and a few tears, the Oak Creek Police Department on Friday celebrated the retirement of Lt. Brian Murphy.

News: New MA theater company debuts play about 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms

Started by a group of teens, their first production is called Kultar’s Mime, an adaptation of the poem of the same name by Sarbpreet Singh about the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms