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Construction to begin on Greenwood Sikh Temple

Greenwood, Indiana, US: Construction is expected to begin this fall on a new Sikh temple in central Indiana after several delays. A Sikh congregation that has been worshipping in a modified house in Greenwood plans to break ground in September on ...

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A Sikh American soldier’s battle for the turban

Washington, USA:  July 21 (IANS) “If the militaries in Canada, England, India and progressive nations allow Sikhs to serve in turbans and beards, then why can’t the US?” That was the question that Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, the first Sikh ...

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Sikh Temples in England Advised to Beware of Same-Sex Unions

London, UK: At least one religious group in the UK is throwing a mini-tantrum over the country’s Same-Sex Marriage Act, which (hooray!) received Royal Assent this week. Fearing that future legal challenges will force them to perform same-sex marriages, Sikh ...

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Subeg Singh and Śāhbāz Singh – This pain it is a Wheel of Fire

It is time’s own secret when Subeg Singh was born, but we know that the place of his birth was the Jagīr Rāi Bhāgā of the village Jambar in the district of Lāhaur, whose he Zamīndār was to become later ...

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