Hajuri Raagi and Head Granthi and Bhai Harjinder Singh Ji of Siri Nagar Walle. Kirtan by the prominent Raagis was greatly enjoyed by the Sangat who stayed glued to the soothing and melodious shabads.

diverse groups to practice collaboration and equality, all through the prism of Langar and Seva. 
This year’s Langar on the Hill was sponsored by Senator Kamala Harris and the theme was “Sikhs. Solidarity. Service.” The theme reminds us of the Sikh’s practice of Seva which is the responsibility of Sikh’s to engage in selfless community service. The SikhLEAD interns integrated a Seva project into the event by creating and donating additional proceeds to DC Books to Prisons. The events speakers included, Congressman Brad Sherman (CA), Congressman TJ Cox (CA), Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL), and Congressman Alexander Acosta (FL). 
“This year we have fourteen amazing students in the SikhLEAD Washington DC Internship Program and nine amazing students in the SikhLEAD New Jersey Internship Program. They have come together to put on this event Langar on the Hill. Langar, in the Sikh religion, is a community meal where everyone is welcome to sit and eat together regardless of religious or cultural background. It is a key aspect of the Sikh religion and it symbolizes equality and fellowship,” said Kiran Kaur Gill, SALDEF’s Executive Director.
“We’d like to take the time to thank the sangats from Sikh Gurdwara DC, Sikh Foundation of Virginia, Sikh Center of Virginia, Raj Khalsa Gurdwara, Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Guru Nanak Foundation of America, and Guru Gobind Singh Foundation, as well as our volunteers and all our supporters across the nation who donated to this event and contributed to its success. Additionally, we would like to recognize our SikhLEAD sponsors the Comcast Foundation for their continued support of this groundbreaking initiative,”she added.

she says it hurt her “so deep down to her core” that she had a breakdown on the kitchen floor. She became a vegan overnight, “no longer willing to ingest anxiety, grief, and torture in her body.”
This was just the beginning in Dolly’s journey to veganism. Determined to become a voice for animals, she began speaking at temples, global conferences and radio talk shows to create awareness about the cruelty of animal agriculture and the dairy industry, as well as its impact on animal rights, personal health and the environment. Just like her grandfather, a freedom fighter who marched alongside Gandhi to liberate India from British rule, she strove for animal freedom and liberation. Although she was born into a Gandhian family that believed in Ahimsa, she says, she did not realize its true meaning until her awakening five years ago. Dolly found several receptive takers for her message of non-violence. She was invited by Mitha Jain, a vegan and the President of the Jain Society of Houston - Urvashi Jain to speak to the members of the temple. Several attendees showed an interest and after her talk, the temple stopped serving milk to the Sunday school children and began using plant-based milk for tea. Ghee was substituted with coconut oil for lighting divas at the temple and Urvashi became into a vegan.
Dolly, who is based here, is currently working on “The Land of Ahimsa” a documentary that seeks to inspire and encourage India to adopt a vegan lifestyle. India is the land of Ahimsa, which means non-violence to all living beings. The mission of this documentary is to convince people to bring ahimsa back into their daily lives by avoiding the use of dairy, honey, silk, eggs, leather and meat.
The film touches Dolly’s transformation to veganism, the vegan movement in India and covers activists, plant-based doctors, sanctuaries, athletes and vegan businesses. Imagine, she says, if one-billion people led a compassionate, vegan lifestyle. The impact would reverberate through the entire world. The film is directed by award winning Bollywood director Aryeman Ramsey.
Born in a vegetarian Gujarati family, Dolly says she got her first taste of meat in school. At 13, she visited her grandfather in Rajkot, who asked her what Ahimsa meant and if they ate meat. She now understands why he was asking her those questions. He was trying to teach her the true meaning of Ahimsa and choosing peace over violence. 
Dolly has her own YouTube Channel - Dolly’s Universe of Ahimsa. 

displaying religious items on an entry door or door frame of their residence. “We commend the state legislature for unanimously passing SB 652, which creates a safe environment for members of all religious communities, including Hindus, to practice and express their religion freely and peacefully without interference,” said Easan Katir, California Advocacy Director at the Hindu American Foundation. “We look forward to Governor Gavin Newsom signing this critical bill into law,” added Katir.
While the bill was initially conceived to protect the rights of Jewish renters and condo owners to display religiously mandated mezuzahs, the bill provides broad protections for all religious communities to display religious symbols on their doors.
HAF submitted a letter of support for the bill, and worked with Sen. Allen and the Anti-Defamation League on the bill’s language in order to accommodate the size of many sacred Hindu symbols often displayed on doors and door frames. Millions of practicing Hindus, consistent with their deeply held religious beliefs, adorn their homes with a toran, an auspicious Hindu symbol that is hung across the door frame to bless the home and welcome guests. Hindus also frequently place other sacred symbols or images of Deities on their doors. HAF has received several reports in the past of homeowners associations prohibiting the display of Hindu symbols or unreasonably restricting the size of those displays. “We thank Sen. Allen and the ADL for their leadership on SB-652 and for working with us to ensure that the needs of the Hindu American community are addressed in the bill,” said Samir Kalra, HAF Managing Director.

​"There are a lot of Muslim workers in this area. There are not many places from where they can break their fast. We will invite these workers to have iftar from our Gurudwara."
He said the free vegetarian meal (langar) offered to every visitor in the Gurudwara will be given to those visiting to break the fast also. "We will add dates, fruits, rose milk, buttermilk and some Indian snacks like pakora, samosa also for them. We expect to host 100 to 200 every day during Ramadan," said Kandhari.
He was speaking after an official ceremony marking Baisakhi, the Sikh New Year, which was attended by top officials of Dubai's Community Development Authority (CDA).
"This year is very important for us here in the UAE. It is the Year of Tolerance for the UAE, 550th Year of Guru Nanak's birth anniversary, 150th year of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, 320th year of the birth of Khalsa Panth, and 100th year of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which happened on a Baisakhi. "Keeping all these in mind, we celebrated Baisakhi to send across the message of love, peace, humanity and tolerance," Kandhari added.