Browsing Tag: Espanola

This year will be another Camp Miri Piri. Camp Miri Piri is a special camp. Like most camps t has lots of Kirtan, Banis, and discussion.

And there is something very positive to be said for an education that brings a "higher power" into the foreground.

On July 23, 2013, the San Jose Interfaith Youth Council visited the Sikh community in Espanola, New Mexico. The teenagers on the Youth Council represented many different faiths. SikhNet.com hosted their visit and shared stories about the first Sikh Master, Guru Nanak, and his Interfaith beginnings.

As the flow of pilgrims waxes and wanes so do the sevadars who come to participate in this beautiful seva, with a consistent core group of sevadars serving throughout.

It is amazing. It is a privilege to witness. Volunteers from our Sikh community honor this event by serving drinks, snacks and sunscreen at a roadside table on the highway on Good Friday morning.

The Sikh community of New Mexico welcomed Houston-based Indian Consul General Parvathaneni Harish during his visit to the American state from March 11 to 13.

Consul General of India Mr. Parvathaneni Harish meets with Sikhs, Dignitaries in New Mexico

Rio Arriba County resident Guru Simran Kaur Khalsa was named the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico School-Based Big Sister of the Year for her long-term commitment to Espanola Middle School seventh-grader Taishanna Sanchez.

Since 2008, Sahaj Singh Khalsa, a Sikh American paramedic from New Mexico, has been discriminated against by his employer because of his religious identity, he has endured disparaging remarks and threats, and even physica assault. SALDEF urges community members to call upon the hospital to accept religious diversity.

“All I wanted was do my job helping people in my community get the urgent medical care they needed,” said Khalsa. “My Sikh religion did not prevent me from performing that job, but the prejudice of my supervisors did.”

This past Sunday, on a beautiful fall morning, the Sikh community in Espanola, New Mexico celebrated this wonderful occasion.

I have been to many Sikhi related kid camps, but Camp Miri Piri was easily the best. I may not have become a saint-soldier as yet but I can start walking on the path to becoming one.

In the high desert town of Espanola, N.M., you'll find a community of American Sikhs — converts to the 500-year-old Sikh religion from India.

Listen to the organizers of Camp Miri Piri. Learn about why they are so exited about this amazing camp. June 14th - 18th, 2009. Ages 18 and up. Come to Camp Miri Piri

We are blessed in Espanola with SS Shanti Kaur Khalsa, who is our Sikh Dharma historian. She tells beautiful, uplifting stories about the Gurus...special stories for the gurpurbs and about the Akal Takhat.

Thoughts and pictures from the Summer Solstice Sadhana Event in the mountains above Espanola, New Mexico

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