Chandigarh: Holy Sikh shrine Panja Sahib is located in this town. If the Pak-Indo Friendship Association has its way, Sikh pilgrims visiting Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal in Pakistan would travel there in style in a bullet train, stay in five-star ...
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Biggest international Sikh fest in Malaysia on May 30
Singapore: Preparations are on for the four-day festival of Barsi, said to be the largest Sikh event outside Punjab, at Gurdwara Sahib Malacca in the Malaysian state of Malacca, starting May 30. The festival commemorates the death anniversary of Baba ...
Read More »SGPC to fund education of baptised Sikh students till Class XII: Makkar
Amritsar, Punjab: SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has announced that a committee will facilitate free education till Class XII for baptised Sikh students belonging to baptised families in the SGPC-run institutions. Talking to mediapersons here today, Makkar said those wishing ...
Read More »Warriors’ martial history explored in new book
Punjab: Going back more than five centuries, Sikhism is a religion founded on peace, but forged by self-defence, resilience and defiance. Sikhs might be well known for their warrior culture, but how did a peaceful community gain their martial reputation? Two ...
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