Sikhism in Nepal

Background

Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, spent more than a year meditating on a site now known as Nanak Math, located in Balaju, Kathmandu.[2] It is believed that Guru Nanak visited the math in 1516.[3]

Following conflict with the British East India Company, Maharani Jind Kaur, the youngest wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, managed to escape from the Punjab disguised as a servant girl and came to Nepal via Nepalgunj on 29 April, 1849. The Nepalese government gave her shelter. Later, she went to London, but those Sikhs who remained in Nepal started their livelihood there. A few Nepalgunj territories near the Indian border are still called Shikhhanpurwa, Jamunaha and Bankatwa.[1]

Gurdwaras
  • Kupondole, Kathmandu
  • Butwal, Rupandehi
  • Gurudwara Shree Guru Singh Sabha, Jamunaha Gaon, Banke

Notable Sikhs
  • Jasaman singh sethi, zone chairmain for lions club international

https://www.facebook.com/MJFLionJasamanSethi/

See also

References
  1. State of neglet, the Kathmandu post
  2. Little Punjab, Nepali Times
  3. "Sacred well in Kathmandu gurdwara cleaned | SikhNet". sikhnet.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.


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