Gur Sikh Temple

The Gur Sikh Temple of Abbotsford in British Columbia is the most established existing Sikh sanctuary in North America and a National Historic Site Canada. This makes it presently 2010 the main Sikh sanctuary outside of India and Pakistan, that is assigned as national noteworthy site. A gurdwara signifying "the entryway to the Guru", is the Sikh place of love and might be alluded to as a Sikh sanctuary. The primary Sikh pioneers went to the Abbotsford region in 1905 and initially dealt with ranches and in the wood business. To start with plans to manufacture a sanctuary were made in 1908.

After a property arranged on a slope was gained the pilgrims conveyed amble from a nearby factory on their goes down a slope to build the gurdwara. At the point when the Gurdwara opened on February 26, 1911 Sikhs and non-Sikhs from crosswise over British Columbia went to the service and a neighborhood daily paper gave an account of the occasion. The sanctuary was a two story assembling, that from the outside resembled the contemporary wood places of found in neighborhood wilderness towns. Highlights and beautification commonplace for Sikh engineering and configuration were just utilized as a part of the inside. The main floor contains the Langar and normal lounge area for the network, and the second floor contains the petition corridor.