Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Sahib (New Jersey)

Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Sahib Ji is a holy place to worship god. It is the Sikhism equivalent to a church or temple, called Gurudwara. Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar is registered as a non-profit religious organization in United States as Dashmesh Darbar, Inc.

Gurudwara Sahib was opened on 15 August 2004 in the cities of Port Reading and Carteret, New Jersey in a renovated Acme supermarket building. Gurudwara Sahib was opened and is running by support and governance of the Sangat and head priest, Bhai Harinder Singh Ji. The Grand opening ceremony of gurudwara sahib was held on 26 September 2004. The guests included sangat from New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania along with mayors of township of Carteret, Port Reading, & Woodbridge. Just after the opening ceremony gurudwara celebrated 300 years of "Shaheedi Divas of Sahibzades" on 25 December 2004 with sangat gathered over 10,000.Later, in January, 2005 gurudwara opened Dashmesh Academy, A school to teach young generation about sikh history, Punjabi/Gurmukhi and connect them to their originating roots. Currently, there are more than 300 students at academy from which about 40 are learning kirtan also. Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Sahib is also the biggest gurudwara in New Jersey.

19th Sikh Games of New Jersey

Gurudwara Dashmesh Darbar Sahib hosted this years, 19th Annual Sikh Games of New Jersey at Carteret Schools grounds. Sikh Games of New Jersey are in a way Olympics for youth/kids to encourage...
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