Sikh Religious Society of Chicago
The Sikh Religious Society Palatine, IL is a Not-for-Profit Religious Organization incorporated in 1972. It manages the largest Gurdwaara Sahib (Sikh Worship Center) of Midwest America at 1280 Winnetka Street, Palatine on a Campus spread over fourteen acres of land at a prime location in Chicago's metropolitan area. In a seven-day-a-week religious program, devotees visit the Gurdwaara Sahib to make prayers, listen to the Sikh hymns, (Kirtan) and discourses on Spirituality.
Aims and objectives
The Sikh Religious Society aims:
- To promote interest in and disseminate information on Sikhism.
- To organize and simulate programs towards establishing Gurdwaaras
- To organize discourses on Gurbani, Sikh history and Culture and Strive for establishment of a Central Institute of Sikh Studies in USA.
- To organize libraries and establish a periodical.
- To encourage social and cultural gatherings in order to celebrate Sikh occasions.
- To organize affiliated local units all over USA.
- To organize programs of religious education for the Sikh community.
- To promote interfaith activities.
Granthi Sahibs
Bhai Gurjant Singh Khalsa has been appointed as the Head Granthi for Sikh Religious Society of Chicago,
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