Sikh Religious Society of Chicago

The Sikh Religious Society Palatine, IL is a Not-for-Profit Religious Organization incorporated in 1972. It manages the largest Gurdwaara Sahib (Sikh Worship Center) of Midwest America at 1280 Winnetka Street, Palatine on a Campus spread over fourteen acres of land at a prime location in Chicago's metropolitan area. In a seven-day-a-week religious program, devotees visit the Gurdwaara Sahib to make prayers, listen to the Sikh hymns, (Kirtan) and discourses on Spirituality.

Aims and objectives

The Sikh Religious Society aims:

1. To promote interest in and disseminate information on Sikhism.
2. To organize and simulate programs towards establishing Gurdwaaras
3. To organize discourses on Gurbani, Sikh history and Culture and Strive for establishment of a Central Institute of Sikh Studies in USA.
4. To organize libraries and establish a periodical.
5. To encourage social and cultural gatherings in order to celebrate Sikh occasions.
6. To organize affiliated local units all over USA.
7. To organize programs of religious education for the Sikh community.
8. To promote interfaith activities.

Granthi Sahibs

Bhai Parminderjit Singh is the current Head Granthi for the Sikh Religious Society of Chicago,