Gurdwara Sahib of Stockton
| Gurdwara Sahib Stockton | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sikhism |
| Location | |
| Location | 1930 S Sikh Temple St, Stockton, CA 95206 |
Interactive map of Gurdwara Sahib Stockton | |
| Coordinates | 37°56′03″N 121°16′29″W / 37.93406°N 121.27475°W |
| Architecture | |
| Established | October 24, 1912 |
| Website | |
| http://stocktongurdwara.org/ | |
Gurdwara Sahib Stockton is a gurdwara located in the city of Stockton, California. It is notable for being the first Sikh house of worship in the United States.[1]
The Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society founded the gurdwara in 1912.[2][3]
History
Jawala Singh,[4] a successful potato farmer in the San Joaquin Valley, leased a 500-acre ranch with business partner Wasakha Singh in Holtville, next to Stockton. Immigrating Punjabi Sikh farmers would perform prayers in a room on the farm with the Guru Granth Sahib.[1] Jawala and Wasakha would eventually found the gurdwara on South Grant Street in a house, but their ranch would become an important religious, social, and political center associated with the gurdwara.[5][6]
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Jawala went on to form the Ghadar Party, a revolutionary movement that called for diaspora Indians to end the British occupation of India.[6] The Stockton Gurdwara would serve as an important benefactor of the Ghadar Party, sponsoring the first Punjabi language newspaper in the United States, The Ghadar, among other support.[7]
Notable people
Dalip Singh Saund, Democrat CA-29, the first Sikh American, the first Asian American, the first Indian American and the first member of a non-Abrahamic faith to be elected to Congress. His studies at University of California, Berkeley, were sponsored by the Stockton Gurdwara.[8]
Gallery
First Sikh temple in the United States, built in Stockton in 1912 (photo taken in 1997)
A 2015 address at the gurdwara
See also
References
- 1 2 "Stockton Gurdwara – Pioneering Punjabis Digital Archive". pioneeringpunjabis.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ↑ Bindra, Onkar Singh (June 21, 2011). "JAWALA SINGH, A UNIQUE GHADRI BABA". Ambedkar Times. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
- ↑ "Jawala Singh, a Unique Ghadri Baba". Bharat Sandesh. October 22, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
- ↑ Banerji, Aparna (April 21, 2019). "Ghadar anniversary: A wealthy US peasant, the key mobiliser". The Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
- ↑ Van Hear, Nicholas (2005), "Refugee Diasporas or Refugees in Diaspora", Encyclopedia of Diasporas, Springer US, pp. 580–589, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-29904-4_60, ISBN 9780306483219
- 1 2 Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E., eds. (March 1, 2014). The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199699308.001.0001. ISBN 9780199699308.
- ↑ "History". Retrieved June 26, 2018.
- ↑ CA State Legislature. "Relative to the 100-year anniversary of the Sikh American".