NEVADA: Reno area Sikhs on April 24, moved to a newly built $3 million Gurudwara with carrying their holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib in a decorated vehicle in a procession of devotees from old Temple on Second Street to the new one on 1380 Selmi Drive in Reno.
The ground for this new two-storey Gurudwara spread over 2.4 acres was broken on August 16 last. It is topped with a golden dome on the pattern of traditional Sikh architecture.
According to Amolak Singh Powar, President of Reno Sikh Temple, the new Temple, located near Sutro/McCarran, will further add more accommodation for teaching Punjabi language and religious lessons.
They had outgrown out of the existing Sikh Temple on 790 East Second Street, where they were having their service since 1996, Powar said and added that the earlier services before acquiring that building were held in the backroom of a convenience store.
This will be the only Sikh temple in northwestern Nevada. In the state, however, there is another Sikh Temple in Las Vegas.
There are about 600 Sikhs in the area and over 20 million Sikhs worldwide. Jagat Singh Thandi is the chairman of the Gurudwara while Gurmail Singh Uppal is the treasurer.
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