Portsmouth Sikh Temple's phased reopening begins

GURU Nanak Sar Gurdwara is very pleased to reopen the Sikh Temple, in Margate Road, today (Saturday, July 4) at 11am.

Worshippers have been in constant contact with our volunteers for updates on the gurdwara and their well being.

We are particularly grateful to our Giani Ji Srd: Gurbax Singh who has made himself available for consultation for worshippers to speak with him for their peace of mind.

Also we are grateful to Srd:Amreek Singh Khalsa, Sarvan Singh, Jusvinder Singh (Jathedar) Gurjeet Singh, Balwinder Singh, Dalwinder Singh Dara, and others who have done some essential construction work to allow the congregation visitors to adhere to social distancing while they will be attending.

But a very big thank you to all volunteers who contributed to the clean up and reopening.

Parshad offerings will be available, however we remind you the Langar will not be served at present. We will keep you informed when the Guru Ka Langar will be resumed.

May we humbly ask no food stuffs are brought for offering as parshad.

A new regime will now be in place and we would like to assure everyone who will be coming to the Guru Ghar your welfare is of the utmost importance. Thanks to our committee member Khalsa Jogga Singh Digpal who has prepared a phased reopening document to aid our patrons, available for your perusal.

We are also very pleased to announce Portsmouth Gurdwara has been participating with the nationally recognised organisations Gurdwara Aid, British Sikh Council, Gurdwara Bhat Sikh Council, and other temples in redesigning the protocol which all the organisations will probably adopt.

This is a global situation and perhaps this is something which may be a positive reminder of the importance religion plays in our lives.

With the direction given by the government, Guru NanakSar Gurdwara Portsmouth will be available for all services normally available from the Parbandhak Committee.