Wan Chai is situated at the western part of Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island,in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east,Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often referred to as Wan Chai North.
Vaisakhi,also pronounced Baisakhi as well as Basoa,marks the first day of the month of Vaisakh and is traditionally celebrated annually on 13 April and sometimes 14 April. It is seen as a celebration of spring harvest primarily in Northern India. Further,other Indian cultures and diaspora celebrate this festival too. Whilst it is culturally significant as a festival of harvest,in many parts of India,Vaisakhi is also the date for the Indian Solar New Year. Some 5297 years ago,on this day Raja Shaktikaran Dogra,also known as Raja Shastri,started the Shastri Calendar alias Dogra-Pahari Calendar on this day,so this day has special historical relationship with the Dogras.
Religion in Hong Kong is characterized by a multi-faith diversity of beliefs and practices.
Queen's Road East is a street in Wan Chai,in the north of Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong,connecting Admiralty in the west to Happy Valley in the east. Queen's Road East is one of the four sections of Queen's Road,and historically included Queensway.
Stubbs Road is a road located in Mid-Levels East,Central,Hong Kong,which connects Happy Valley to The Peak area on Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong,through an area near the Wong Nai Chung Gap. It runs uphill from Queen's Road East and goes through a residential area of luxurious high-rise tower blocks. The road is named after the 16th Governor of Hong Kong,Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs.
Morrison Hill is an area and the location of a hill between Wan Chai and Bowrington,on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.
Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib is one of the nine historical Gurdwaras in Delhi. It was first constructed in 1783 as a small shrine by Baghel Singh to commemorate the martyrdom site of the ninth Sikh Guru,Guru Tegh Bahadur and was probably expanded after Indian Rebellion of 1857 or after Partition of India. Before its construction the Mughal Kotwali was situated here. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 the Mughal Kotwali was demolished by the British.and the land was given to the Sikhs because the Sikh Maharaja of Patiala and other Sikh soldiers helped the British to defeat the Mughal soldiers by providing large numbers of ammunition and soldiers. Its current building was made by Rai Bahadur Narain Singh a contractor who build most of roads in Lutyens New Delhi construction under British Rule. Situated in Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi,it marks the site where the ninth Sikh Guru was beheaded on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb on 11 November 1675. The Sikh regiment of the Indian army salute the Sis Ganj Gurudwara before saluting the president of India since 1979,the only instance of saluting twice in the Republic Day parade by a regiment of Indian army.
Khalsa College is a historic educational institution in the northern Indian city of Amritsar in the state of Punjab,India. Founded in 1892,the sprawling 300-acre (1.2 km2) campus is located about eight kilometers from the city-center on the Amritsar-Lahore highway,adjoining Guru Nanak Dev University campus,to which Khalsa College is academically affiliated.
Canadian Sikhs number nearly 800,000 people and account for 2.1% of Canada's population as of 2021,forming the country's fourth-largest and fastest-growing religious group. The largest Sikh populations in Canada are found in Ontario,followed by British Columbia and Alberta. As of the 2021 Census,more than half of Canada's Sikhs can be found in one of four cities:Brampton (163,260),Surrey (154,415),Calgary (49,465),and Edmonton (41,385).
Asian Canadians are Canadians who were either born in or can trace their ancestry to the continent of Asia. Canadians with Asian ancestry comprise both the largest and fastest growing group in Canada,after European Canadians,forming approximately 20.2 percent of the Canadian population as of 2021. Most Asian Canadians are concentrated in the urban areas of Southern Ontario,Southwestern British Columbia,Central Alberta,and other large Canadian cities.
The Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver is a Sikh society based at a gurdwara in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. It was the largest gurdwara in North America. A gurdwara,meaning "the doorway to the Guru",is the Sikh place of worship and may be referred to as a Sikh temple.
Unlike the majority of Fiji's Indian population,who are descendants of Indian indentured labourers brought to Fiji between 1879 and 1916,most of the Sikhs came to Fiji as free immigrants. Most Sikhs established themselves as farmers. Sikhs also came to Fiji as policemen,teachers and preachers. In recent years large numbers of Sikhs have emigrated from Fiji,especially to the United States,Canada,the United Kingdom,Australia and New Zealand. Sikhs in Fiji are generally referred to as Punjabis.
Indian Canadians are Canadians who have ancestry from India. The terms Indo-Canadian or East Indian are sometimes used to avoid confusion with the Indigenous peoples of Canada. Categorically,Indian Canadians comprise a subgroup of South Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians. According to Statistics Canada,Indians are one of the fastest growing communities in Canada,making up the largest non-European ethnic group.
The Golden Temple is a gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar,Punjab,India. It is the preeminent spiritual site of Sikhism. It is one of the holiest sites in Sikhism,alongside the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Kartarpur,and Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib.
The Singh Sabha Movement was a Sikh movement that began in Punjab in the 1870s in reaction to the proselytising activities of Christians,Hindu reform movements and Muslims. The movement was founded in an era when the Sikh Empire had been dissolved and annexed by the British,the Khalsa had lost its prestige,and mainstream Sikhs were rapidly converting to other religions. The movement's aims were to "propagate the true Sikh religion and restore Sikhism to its pristine glory;to write and distribute historical and religious books of Sikhs;and to propagate Gurmukhi Punjabi through magazines and media." The movement sought to reform Sikhism and bring back into the Sikh fold the apostates who had converted to other religions;as well as to interest the influential British officials in furthering the Sikh community. At the time of its founding,the Singh Sabha policy was to avoid criticism of other religions and political matters.
The Gur Sikh Temple (Gurdwara) of Abbotsford in British Columbia is the oldest existing Sikh temple in North America and a National Historic Site Canada. It is the only Sikh temple outside of India and Pakistan that is designated as national historic site.
The South Asian community in British Columbia was first established in 1897. The first immigrants originated from Punjab,British India,a northern region and state in modern-day India and Pakistan. Punjabis originally settled in rural British Columbia at the turn of the twentieth century,working in the forestry and agricultural industries.
Sikhs in China are a religious minority in the People's Republic of China. Sikhism originated from the Punjab region of northern Indian subcontinent.
