(Samaj Weekly)- In memory of Sikh soldiers who died for the freedom of Europe in the World Wars and the birthday celebrations of the founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev, Gurdwara Sri Guru HarKrishan Sahib and Punjabi Listeners Club are organising a trip to the National Sikh Museum, Princess Street, Pear Tree, Derby on Saturday 5th November 2022.
The National Sikh Museum is dedicated to the Sikh Kingdom exhibiting its heavy artillery and the newly opened art gallery Sarkar-e-Khalsa. It is a modern, packed, multi-channel museum with real artefacts that allow the visitor to appreciate the rich and complex heritage of the Sikhs in a story of courage, sacrifice and bloody genocide. In World War 1 and World War 2, a total of 83,005 turban wearing Sikh soldiers were killed and 109,945 were wounded.
Launched in November2008, this is the first museum of its kind and has the largest Sikh artillery collection {confirmed by V& A London} belonging to the Sikh Empire Maharaja Ranjit Singh who ruled the then Punjab which included the whole of the current Pakistan, Bangladesh and Punjab state of India and other states of India from 1800 to 1849 which was known as the Sikh Raj.
The agenda of the National Sikh Museum is simple and unbiased – to conserve, preserve, interpret, promote, and inspire the special British -Sikh relationship like never before.
Guru Nanak Dev was born in 1469 in Talwandi, now known as Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. He said to attain salvation one must meditate on the name of God, must perform noble deeds and must share one’s possessions with others. Guru Nanak praised women and the blessing they have to give birth to such saintly souls. He gave women an equal platform and taught the whole world to do the same.
The trip will leave from Kenilworth Drive, Oadby, LE2 5LG at 10.30 am and return from its destination National Sikh Museum on same day at 2.30 pm.
