Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha
The Gurdwara Sahib is a Sikh place of worship or Gurdwara in Handsworth, Birmingham, England.[1][2] It was built in the late 1970s under the spiritual guidance of Sant Baba Puran Singh ji (d. 1983) and the leadership of Norang Singh (d. 1995). The Spiritual leadership of the jatha is now continued through the vision of Mohinder Singh.
The gurdwara spans an area of about 25,000 square meters and the building is four stories high. There are five main Darbar Halls and three Langar Halls. There are approximately 100 rooms, most of which are for the sangat who want to stay at the Gurdwara for the night and have facilities for sleeping and washing.
The main Darbar is used for continuous Akhand Path recital. A new Paath is started on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, unless a Samagam "community meeting" is under way.
At Samagam programs, there is Sampat Paath recitation of a shabda: each line of the gurbani is followed by a sampat. Sampath Paath usually takes eleven days of continuous reading.
References
- Sagoo, Gopinder Kaur (2013). "8. Citizenship as social, spiritual and multilingual practice: fostering visions and practices in the Nishkam Nursery project". In Ramanathan, Vaidehi (ed.). Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship: Rights, Access, Pedagogies. Multilingual Matters. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-78309-019-8.
- Kwiatkowski, Mariusz; Góra, Zeilona; Strouhal, Martin (2020). "2. Overcoming crisis of multiculturalism". In Kwiatkowski, Mariusz; Mielczarek-Żejmo, Anna (eds.). Multiculturalism: From Crisis to Renewal?. Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. pp. 179–181. ISBN 978-80-246-4683-1.
