371 Queen's Road East
Wanchai, Hong Kong
info@khalsadiwan.com
+852 2572 4459
Mon - Sun : 4:30 AM to 8:00 PM
Gurdwara is open for all
Wanchai, Hong Kong
+852 2572 4459
Gurdwara is open for all
The Gurdwara Sahib (Sikh Temple) located at 371 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong is the only Sikh Temple in Hong Kong. The Gurdwara was built in 1901 on land allotted to the Sikh Community by the British Government. The building was damaged during World War II by a Japanese bomb and subsequently rebuilt with donations from the Local Sikh and Non Sikh communities. The Sikh staff of HK Police Force and Correctional Services played a large part in the reconstruction.
The first Gurdwara in Hong Kong, called Sri Guru Singh Sabha was built in 1901, by the Sikh members of the British Army Regiment stationed in Hong Kong.
In the 1930’s the number of Sikhs continued to grow and the Gurdwara was needed to be rebuilt for a larger Sangat (Sikh community). In the early 1940’s during the Pacific war, the Gurdwara was bombed twice, sustaining extensive damage.
Sukhmani, titled Gauri Sukhmani in the Guru Granth Sahib after the musical measure Gauri to which it belongs, is a lengthy composition by Guru Arjan which many include in their daily regimen of prayers.
music is regarded as the manifestation of the Divine. The mystical meaning of the Granth Sahib is evoked by the singing and listening of sacred hyms which are set to the ragas of north Indian classical music. Spiritual discipline is the primary objective of Sikh kirtan.