Khalsa Divan Temple

Khalsa Divan Temple

Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple is a Sikh gurdwara located in Hong Kong , Vanchai district (at the intersection of Queens Road East and Stubbs Road). The temple called Sri Guru Singh Sabha was built in 1901 by local Sikhs, including soldiers of the British army.

Many of the Sikhs who participated in the famous “Komagata-maru incident” stayed in this temple (named after a Japanese ship that brought 376 passengers from Punjab to Vancouver , of whom the Canadian authorities allowed only 24 people to return to India) ^[1] .

In the 1930s, with the growth of the local Sikh community, the temple was reconstructed and expanded under the name of Khalsa Divan. During World War II, Gurdwara was bombarded twice, one of them was the death of the granthi (a man in the temple who reads the ceremonies of the Guru Granth Sahib ). After the war, the temple was rebuilt, including with the help of the Hindus from among the Sindh who had taken refuge here during the war. In the 1980s, the Gurdwara was again reconstructed and expanded. In addition, she was tied up with the Queens Road East Covered Bridge, which made it easier for parishioners to access the temple. Since the late 1990s, the church has been expanding the complex (it includes religious premises, a kitchen, a charity canteen, and a kindergarten, medical consultation, computer and language classes, a library, music courses) ^{[2] [3] [ 4] [5]} .