"Akal Takht"

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20 June 2025

A truck displays the image of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Other graphic images commemorate the 1984 storming of the Golden Temple by the Indian army and pay homage to the thousands of Sikhs killed in a revenge attack instigated by members of the ruling Congress party, sparked by the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. During 'Operation Blue Star', the Indian Army storms the Golden Temple to flush out militants hiding there and to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his militant followers who initiate a movement for a separate Sikh state named 'Khalistan'. A large number of radical Sikh supporters are in the Sikh community in Canada, known for its fundraising activities to benefit Sikh militant groups in India and to continue the struggle for a separate Sikh state. Many Khalistan supporters and other Canadian Sikhs attend this Nagar Kirtan to celebrate Vaisakhi. Nagar Kirtan is a Sikh custom involving the processional singing of holy hymns throughout the community.

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17 April 2024

A general view of the holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, is seen in Amritsar, Punjab, India, on April 15, 2024.

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17 April 2024

A general view of the holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, is seen in Amritsar, Punjab, India, on April 15, 2024.

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17 April 2024

A general view of the holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, is seen in Amritsar, Punjab, India, on April 15, 2024.

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17 April 2024

A general view of the holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, is seen in Amritsar, Punjab, India, on April 15, 2024.

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17 April 2024

A general view of the holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, is seen in Amritsar, Punjab, India, on April 15, 2024.

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17 April 2024

A general view of the holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, is seen in Amritsar, Punjab, India, on April 15, 2024.

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21 January 2022

A large truck with the image of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (a controversial figure in Indian history whom the Sikhs consider to be a great martyr and is regarded by others as a militant figure).There are other graphic images to commemorate the 1984 storming of the Golden Temple by the Indian army and to pay homage to the thousands of Sikhs who were killed in an apparent revenge attack instigated by members of the ruling Congress party and sparked by the assassination of the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. During 'Operation Blue Star', the Indian Army stormed inside the Golden Temple to flush out militants hiding there and to arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his militant followers who had initiated a movement for a separate Sikh state named 'Khalistan'. A large number of the radical Sikh supporters are in the Sikh community in Canada which is known for its fundraising activities to benefit Sikh militant groups in India and to continue the struggle for a separate Sikh state. Many such Khalistan supporters and other Canadian Sikhs attended this Nagar Kirtan to celebrate Vaisakhi. Nagar Kirtan is a Sikh custom involving the processional singing of holy hymns throughout the community.

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12 August 2021

Canadian Sikh man wearing a T-shirt with the image of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (a controversial figure in Indian history whom the Sikhs consider to be a great martyr and is regarded by others as a militant figure) in Malton, Ontario, Canada, on May 05, 2013. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers initiated a movement for a separate Sikh state named 'Khalistan' after the 1984 storming of the Golden Temple by the Indian Armed Forces which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Sikhs. The Khalistan movement has been declared a terrorist movement by the Government of India is illegal within India.

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27 September 2019

Harpreet Singh Jathedar Akal Takht, Golden Temple Amritsar giving speech during launching Ceremony of Commemorative Coins of Guru Nanak Dev and release of Publication on Sikh Heritage of Nepal on the occasion of 550th Birthday Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, September 27, 2019. Government of Nepal has issues commemorative coins of NPR 2500, 1000 and 100. 

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#4923822

27 September 2019

(L-R) SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal, Harpreet Singh Jathedar Akal Takht, Golden Temple Amritsar and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri jointly release Publication on Sikh Heritage of Nepal on the occasion of 550th Birthday Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, September 27, 2019. Government of Nepal has issues commemorative coins of NPR 2500, 1000 and 100.   

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#4923818

27 September 2019

(L-R) Governor, Nepal Rastra Bank, Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal, Harpreet Singh Jathedar Akal Takht, Golden Temple Amritsar, SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri jointly launch Commemorative Coins of Guru Nanak Dev and release of Publication on Sikh Heritage of Nepal on the occasion of 550th Birthday Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev at Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, September 27, 2019. Government of Nepal has issues commemorative coins of NPR 2500, 1000 and 100.   

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