Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple

The Sikh community has been integral to Hong Kong’s development. Sikhs were some of the first police officers to keep the streets of the colonial city safe, and their business community played a role in the history-making transformation of a collection of meagre fishing villages into the cosmopolitan metropolis you see today.

The first gurudwara (Sikh temple) in Hong Kong was built in 1901 by Sikh members of the British Army. Known as the Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple, it was later rebuilt to cater to the city's growing Sikh community. Along with its people, the temple has witnessed the trials and tribulations of Hong Kong and was bombed twice during the Second World War, causing the death of the then priest and the injury of several people who had taken refuge inside.

Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple offers free meals and short-term accommodation to international visitors of any faith. The main holy days and festivals it observes are the birthdays of Guru Nanak (founder of the faith) and Guru Gobind Singh (the 10^th Guru); and Baisakhi – the birthday of all Sikhs.

Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple is a Gurdwara in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong, on the junction of Queen's Road East and Stubbs Road, Hong Kong Island.

The Gurudwara was built in 1901 by local Sikhs, including soldiers from the British Army, with the intent of providing religious, social, practical and cohesive support to Sikhs in Hong Kong. Many Sikhs on their way to immigrate to Canada, in what later became the Komagata Maru incident, slept in the Gurudwara and prayed there before boarding the ship in 1914. In the 1930s, with an increase in the size of the local Sikh community, the Gurudwara was extended and rebuilt. It was bombed twice during World War II, suffering extensive damage that killed the Gurudwara Granthi, Bhai Nand Singh. The damaged parts of the Gurudwara were rebuilt after the war by the community, with the assistance of Sindhi Hindus who immigrated to Hong Kong in large numbers due to the Partition. The Gurudwara was again extended in the 1980s, and linked to Queens’ Road East by a covered bridge, which provides easy access for the devotees.

Take bus 109 or 113 from Hung Hom Cross Harbour Tunnel. Alight at Wah Yan College on Queen's Road East and walk for approximately five minutes.

Address:

371 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island

Tel:

+852 2572 4459

Website:

www.khalsadiwan.com

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