By Sonam Mirpuri
PLACENTIA,CA - Devotees of the Radha Raman Temple here dreamed of building a new temple; and worked hard to achieve this. Having been at the same location for about 30 years, devotees felt it was time for a change and an upgrade. This led to the demolition of the previous temple and the building of an improved temple. 

​PHOENIX, AZ - The Sikh Community here was once again in the limelight when a six year old Sikh boy , Anaik Singh Sachdev, the grandson of Dr. Jaswant Singh Sachdev, was contacted by Kate Gallego, the recently elected Mayor of Phoenix, to read the Pledge of Allegiance at her inauguration ceremony. Over 1,000 Phoenicians had gathered on March 21 morning at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Phoenix to witness this grand event. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Several senior US lawmakers greeted Sikhs on the occasion of Vaisakhi and lauded the community’s contributions in the economic development of America. “Today is a historically significant day for our Sikh neighbors across Texas,” Senator John Cornyn tweeted, as Sikhs and Indian Americans celebrated Vaisakhi across the country. The Republican Senator from Texas is Co-Chair of the Senate Indian Caucus.

BY KEWAL KAUR KHALSA
​LOS ANGELES, CA - The annual Kirtan Darbar and Nagar Kirtan Baisakhi celebration was  celebrated with high spirits by an estimated 15,000 devotees at the  Convention Center here on April 14. The event attracted devotees from all parts of California, the U.S., as well as Mexico and India. This year marks the 550th Anniversary...

​BY KALYANI VASAN
RESEDA, CA -  The Valley Hindu Temple on April 6 conducted the inaugural ceremony to celebrate Shrimad Devi Bhagawad Katha. Around 400 families performed the puja in salutation to the nine days of Navratri. The set up was breathtakingly beautiful, with no detail spared to recreate the grandeur of the event.  

Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir 
RIVERSIDE,CA - The Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir here celebrated Mahashivratri on March 4 with an enormous crowd. Ganesh Puja and Prathama Kaal Puja started the festivities in the morning. Devotees assembled in large numbers to receive blessings from the Lord through dharshan and abhishek. In the evening, 

PHOENIX, AZ – Dr. Jaswant Singh Sachdev  was invited by the Arizona State Education Board to offer a Sikh prayer. A prayer of about 3 minutes was said at the start of  the session on Feb. 25 at the Board head office in downtown Phoenix  by Sachdev in the presence of all Board members as well as other attendees present to take part in the meeting. Sachdev was contacted by the Board through Arizona Interfaith to offer a Sikh prayer. 

CHICAGO,IL - Addressing more than 300 Jain community members here during the Federation of Jain Association in North America (JAINA) meets the Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago (JSMC) event. JAINA convention leaders and board members visited JSMC to promote the upcoming JAINA Convention 2019  from July 4-7 at Ontario, California, according to a press release. Convener of the Convention Mahesh Wadher, 

PHOENIX,AZ- A group of about 50 Sikhs ranging in age from five years to 80 plus years gathered at Sky Harbor International Airport here to donate gift cards worth  $11,000 dollars to the TSA employees who continued on their job taking care of passenger safety during the government shut down despite interruption in paychecks. For about a week, several Sikhs worked hard to raise money in a spirit of Seva. $11000 were donated...

IRVINE, CA – Anneeth Kaur Hundle has been named the Dhan Kaur Sahota Presidential Chair in Sikh Studies at the University of California, Irvine School of Social Sciences. The $2 million endowed chair – housed in the Department of Anthropology, was created in 2017 with a $1.5 million gift from Drs. Harvinder and Asha Sahota and $500,000 from the UC Presidential Match for Endowed Chairs program, according to a press release.