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Members of the local New Orleans Sikh community held the annual Baisakhi celebration Sunday (screenshot: wwltv.com)

Pictures of the Day: Vaisakhi celebrations across America

April 23, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

This past weekend, the Sikh communities in several cities enjoyed Vaisakhi celebrations by holding annual Nagar Kirtans.  I’ve enjoyed seeing Sikhs celebrate so openly in their cities. Below are photos from media reports about the Nagar Kirtans in Lansing, Michigan, New Orleans, Lousiana and New York, New York. Lansing, Michigan: New Orleans, Louisiana: New York, New York:

Categories: Events, Picture of the Day • Tags: Lansing, Louisiana, Michigan, Nagar Kirtan, New Orleans, New York, Vaisakhi

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New Orleans, LA Sikhs to hold second annual Nagar Kirtan this Sunday

April 19, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Sikh community in New Orleans, Louisiana will celebrate Vaisakhi with their second annual Nagar Kirtan – organized by the Sikh Society of South – this Sunday: Beginning from their temple, or gurdwara, at 8433 Morrison Road, they will parade along Morrison Road in both directions, between Crowder Boulevard and Bundy Road, said Navdeep Singh, president of the local association of Sikhs, the Sikh Society of the South. The Sikh Society of South Gurdwara was rebuilt in 2007 after Hurricane […]

Categories: Events • Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Nagar Kirtan, New Orleans, Vaisakhi

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Vaisakhi celebrations continue across the United States

April 27, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Sikhs around the country are continuing to celebrate Vaisakhi and are opening up to their local communities in the process: Lansing, Michigan: Last weekend, the Guru Nanak Sikh Center in Lansing, Michigan organized their seventh annual Nagar Kirtan through downtown Lansing, which included an estimated 2,000 people from around the Midwest to celebrate Vaisakhi, as reported in the Lansing State Journal: Attendees came from as far away as Wisconsin, Ohio and Illinois for the largest Sikh harvest and religious celebration in the Midwest, […]

Categories: Events • Tags: "Washington, Guru Granth Sahib, Lansing, Louisiana, Lynden, Michigan, Nagar Kirtan, New Orleans, Vaisakhi

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