On a sunny but chilly 5th November 2014, ASR Charitable Trust and Manchester Universities Sikh Society jointly held Manchester's 'Seva on the Streets' event. This year it was part of National Langar Week ( UK ) 3rd to 7th November 2014.
Thousands of people turned parts of Sandwell into a sea of orange for a huge Sikh community celebration.
[VIDEO] This is the day we’ve been looking forward to for the past several months. For the second year in a row, Gurubachan and the local Kundalini community have been invited to teach in the Hall of Honor in the National Congress of Chile.
The event began with ardas. The main event began with a kirtan performance by Mata Mandir Kaur, Sat Kartar Singh and Bibi Amarjit Kaur. Many Sikh figures and leaders gave presentations and speeches.
To commemorate 500th year of Guru Nanak’s visit to Nepal in 2016, a Dubai-based charitable trust plans to develop a lesser-known shrine at Thapathali town of the hill country into a major religious destination.
To forget is to stop caring. To forget is to repeat. To forget is to cease loving each other. To forget is to die. Let us never and Never forget.
The famous monument of Harkishan Garh Fort is being exposed to decay, with its historic identity now defaced. Locals cite encroachment by government departments and lack of attention by the archaeological department as the main causes for this.
[VIDEO] Given the film was to tell the generations to come about the real story behind the reverence of Shri Guru Govind Singh, its heart-warming that a lawyer in Ludhiana has collected funds and is showing the movie to about 3,000 children from 5 different schools.
If we update the language we use to describe the anti-Sikh violence, maybe we could then finally begin a proper discussion. Acknowledging the malicious intent underlying the massacres is the first step towards reconciliation.
[Photos] Angie Rehal, one of the organizers at Seva Food Bank, said, “The food and funds collected allow us to not only feed more people but also tackle the issues of food security, hunger and poverty in our local community.”