Civic heads meet temple's chairman.BIRMINGHAM'S Lord Mayor donned traditional Sikh head dress when he dropped in to one of the city's busiest temples. Councillor Michael Wilkes along with Lady Mayoress Vivienne Wilkes met with religious leaders at the Gurdwara gurdwara Sikh place of worship. Each gurdwara houses a copy of the Adi Granth and serves as a meeting place for worship, including recitation, singing, and explication of scripture. A community kitchen and often a school are attached to the building. Sikh Temple on Soho Road in Handsworth. Birmingham's first citizens were given a tour of the spectacular dometopped building before they met the temple's chairman Bhai Sahib sa·hib n. Used formerly as a form of respectful address for a European man in colonial India. [Hindi s Mohinder Singh. CAPTION(S): The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham at The Gurudwara Sikh Temple on Soho Road with Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh. |
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