Browsing Tag: Tour

"We're very excited to have her," said Lucy Thomas, a chapel administrator, of the 21-year-old recording artist. "This girl is amazing."

During this trip SikhRI presented at a wide variety of venues and audiences in additional to the usual Gurduara settings, that were extremely well received and in the coming year we look forward to further our partnerships and to continue to facilitate an annual Sikh Educational Conference in the UK.

Tour comprises visit to some of the most important historical and spiritual shrines like Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), Taran Taaran, Keshgarh Sahib, Anandpur Sahib , sightseeing tour to Shimla and Kirtan Meditation at Valley of Divine Peace - Baru Sahib in Himachal Pradesh.

In this third city of this wonderful 10th Lord of Miracles Tour, we land in Lima, Peru to a warm reception by the wonderful Peruvian sangat.

The comments made by regional and national politicians that attended reinforces the view of the NSYF; that when our history is articulated in a narrative that places the events of 1984 into the wider context of Sikh history; it is clear to see how the massacres were part of a pre-planned politically motivated genocide.

...the Sikh Research Institute in Canada worked closely with community groups, local media and the Lower Mainland's Gurduaras to help build awareness of the Sikh heritage and history through a series of presentations, dialogues, and media appearances, ...

Every year the Mexico City sangat has a Guru Ram Das weekend in the end of September. It is a weekend of sadhana, kirtan, gurdwara, Sikh studies, and lots of kundalini yoga. It is only natural that the 10th Lord of Miracles Tour in Honor of Guru Ram Das was inaugurated this year in Mexico City.

Over four days, from 18-21 October, Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI), in partnership with local Sikh organizations in the UK, presented a variety of seminars around London and Leicester, attracting more than 400 attendees over the course of the tour. The topics covered were tailored to the experiences and interests of UK Sikhs.

September 20th, 2012 marks the beginning of the 10th Lord of Miracles tour and a decade of service and friendship with the global community. Each year, inspired by the grace and service of Guru Ram Das, we travel the world with a mission to uplift, heal, inspire, and connect with our brothers and sisters across the globe.

If you want to visit Sikhs’ five sacred ‘takhts’ in Punjab, Bihar and Maharashtra in one go, board a special pilgrimage train from Amritsar on Baisakhi, April 13.

Chile is such a great country. It stretches several thousand miles from north to south on the Pacific side of the South American continent and only 90 miles east to west. Its eastern flank is the great Andes Mountain range that separates it from Argentina. It is a land forged by fire, earthquakes and volcanoes. And its shape? Like a chile pepper, of course.

For the past 20 years Mexico in its devotion always has a Guru Ram Das weekend once a year. This year the timing worked out that we can combine their celebration with the 9th Lord of Miracles Tour in Honor of Guru Ram Das. And a great celebration it was.

Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) spent the end of summer on a two week tour through the UK from 26 August to 4 September. Audiences in London, Birmingham, and Glasgow attended a wide variety of programming, and there were TV interviews which aired across the UK and Europe.

“There are two purposes to my venturing,” Chakraborty said. He wants to set a world record and educate people about the importance of green living while doing it. “Pollution is coming to our good world,” he said.

A luxury train will carry the devout and sightseers to four of the country’s five Sikh Takhts, with a flight to the fifth takht on the ninth day completing the circuit.

Like Colombia and Bolivia, the police of Paraguay realize that yoga and breathing techniques are essential to maintaining themselves as not only police but also as human beings. Can you imagine the sight of hundreds of police meditating to "Puta Mata Ki Asis" in Spanish?

Our sangat in La Paz is a beautiful mixture of every aspect of Bolivian society. Their devotion to the Guru, the teachings of Yogi Bhajan and service to humanity is unparalleled. This sangat lives to serve.

The Lord of Miracles Tour in Honor of Guru Ram Das will be traveling to 12 cities in 10 countries throughout Central and South America: Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Colombia and El Salvador and Guatamala in Central America.

Ram Das Singh's photo journal finishes up with the last stop of the South American Tour - El Salvador

Ram Das Singh's photo-journal continues as the team lands in Columbia, South America.

Ram Das Singh's photo journal continues on to Brazil

The South American Tour continues to Bolivia with Ram Das Singh's photo journal...

A first-hand report from the land of Tango, Pampas, Gauchos, and the best pizza on this side of the universe.

When we arrived in Santiago, the capital of Chile, we were greeted by its most beautiful sangat.

We had the privilege to visit three prisons for women and teach them Kundalini Yoga which included meditating on the shabad “Puta Mata Ki Asis”. For all of the women, hearing this shabad moved them so emotionally that there was not a dry eye in any of the prisons we visited.

This tour came from the inspiration of Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji.

A lot of Sikh youth is attending and coming on the path of Sikhi. Everyone and the Sikh youth are supporting the Gurmat Parchaar being done by Sant Dhadrianwale who are openly doing Panthic Parchaar on every Gurdwara stage just as they do in India.

Guarani is the first indigenous language of the Americas that has Jap Ji as well as the other 4 banis translated.

When you look at the pictures be reminded that all of these beautiful people are Brazilian and they have adopted and adapted the Sikh lifestyle in their personal lives.

The dedication of the sangat to Langar Colombia as well as other seva projects is growing and the results are evident.