PALATINE, Illinois, United States
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The children of the Gurmat School of the Sikh Religious Society here held an interfaith prayer and candlelight vigil Dec. 14 in observance of the one year anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 20 first grade children and six adults were killed in 2012.
“The vigil was organized to show solidarity with American families against senseless violence, and to honor the little angels, 6 to 7 year old school children and heroes, the teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary,” Rajinder Singh Mago, one of the event coordinators, stated in a press release.
Despite snow and bitter cold weather, more than 300 community members, neighbors, interfaith leaders, and government officials or their representatives congregated in the Palatine Gurdwara. Keertan was performed by children from Wheaton Gurdwara and Palatine Gurdwara, and Kanchan Lal, Bhai Mohinder Singh and Bhai Gurjant Singh’s Raagi Jathas.
A special prayer "Ardaas" was supplicated by Bhai Gurjant Singh, head granthi of Palatine Gurdwara, to pray for the departed souls and their families, and to seek peace, harmony and love in this world.
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