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Happy Sikhs celebrate holy day, Carloads of Sikhs, including many children waving bright yellow flags, joined in the downtown parade yesterday marking(...)
Happy Sikhs celebrate holy day, Carloads of Sikhs, including many children waving bright yellow flags, joined in the downtown parade yesterday marking(...)

Happy Sikhs celebrate holy day, Carloads of Sikhs, including many children waving bright yellow flags, joined in the downtown parade yesterday marking(...)

Date4/16/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Happy Sikhs celebrate holy day; Carloads of Sikhs; including many children waving bright yellow flags; joined in the downtown parade yesterday marking Baisakhi Day - the anniversary of the founding of the Sikh nation in 1669. About 100 Metro police officers lined the parade route but there was no violence among the 2;000 Sikhs who chanted in Punjabi; God is Truth. The parade wound up at Queen's Park.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013378F
6,000 Sikhs march to mark New Year, An estimated 6,000 Metro Sikhs marched on Queen's Park yesterday to commemorate their New Year and hear the federal government criticized for being anti-Sikh
6,000 Sikhs march to mark New Year, An estimated 6,000 Metro Sikhs marched on Queen's Park yesterday to commemorate their New Year and hear the federal government criticized for being anti-Sikh
Spremo, Boris
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Old Age seems to have little effect on the hardy Sikhs who are in the lumbering business
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/30/1945
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Celebrating the beginning, hundreds of Sikhs turn out at Queen's Park yesterday to mark Baisakhi, the day of their founding 292 years ago. In 1699, th(...)
Bull, Ron
4/14/1991
Looking up, Thousands of Sikhs turned out Sunday to help raise some of the $2
Looking up, Thousands of Sikhs turned out Sunday to help raise some of the $2
Toronto Star (Firm)
10/4/1992
During Worship at the Shromani Sikh Society Temple priest Mall Singh Blaha carries out the traditional Sikh ceremony with assistance form a member of (...)
During Worship at the Shromani Sikh Society Temple priest Mall Singh Blaha carries out the traditional Sikh ceremony with assistance form a member of (...)
McConnell, Colin
4/26/1976
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Toronto Star (Firm)
6/30/1945
Right, the priest, as he reads the Sikh scriptures, fans the sacred text to keep pests away
Right, the priest, as he reads the Sikh scriptures, fans the sacred text to keep pests away
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/26/1946
The Sikh community in Metro has grown from a handful to an estimated 20,000 in the last 15 years
The Sikh community in Metro has grown from a handful to an estimated 20,000 in the last 15 years
McConnell, Colin
4/26/1976
Baisakhi Day Community meal at Dixie Rd Sikh Temple
Baisakhi Day Community meal at Dixie Rd Sikh Temple
Power, Peter
4/10/1996
A woman prays before symbolic sword during sikh worship service, Money contributions are accepted but there are no collections as in other churches
A woman prays before symbolic sword during sikh worship service, Money contributions are accepted but there are no collections as in other churches
Norris, Dave
7/21/1969
Original Toronto Star caption: Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan; Metro's Muslim community; which numbers over 100;000; celebrated Eid al-Fitr yesterday marking the end of the month of Ramadan; the holiest of Muslim celebrations. Religious ceremonies were held in several locations across Metro; including the International Centre in Mississauga; above; where thousands of the faithful bowed in prayer as part of the ancient tradition.
Original Toronto Star caption: Muslims celebrate end of Ramadan; Metro's Muslim community; which numbers over 100;000; celebrated Eid al-Fitr yesterday marking the end of the month of Ramadan; the holiest of Muslim celebrations. Religious ceremonies were held in several locations across Metro; including the International Centre in Mississauga; above; where thousands of the faithful bowed in prayer as part of the ancient tradition.
Griffin, Doug
5/28/1987
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Norris, Dave
9/17/1972