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History
Cambridge’s much needed first Sikh Gurdwara (Sikh Temple) opened last month in Arbury Court, Cambridge to support the growing Sikh community in this historical city.
The Cambridge Sikh Society (CSS), a registered charity since 1982, has been actively serving the local Sikh Community in Cambridge and surrounding areas for over 25 years. Amongst its main activities is the regular monthly Divaan, held on the last Sunday of each calendar month, where the local Sikh Sangat meets to receive our Guru Ji blessings, participate and share in our community Langar and address the local Sikh community’s basic needs. However, with the growing population of Sikhs in Cambridge shire attracted by its splendid historical city, its outstanding world leading University Colleges and high-tech industries, the lack of a permanent Gurdwara in Cambridge shire to serve the needs of this growing Sikh community is a major shortcoming.
During 2011 and 2012, links with Cambridge University have been greatly strengthened, in anticipation of growing numbers of students and staff, and the soon to be enacted landmark agreement with the Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, Amritsar, and Punjab commencing 2011 on co-sponsoring with the Commonwealth Trust several post-docs Sikh students to Cambridge. The University provides also historical significance with famous Sikh alumni, including the first SGPC Professor of Sikhism, Prof. Kapoor Singh, and the current Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. In similar fashion other Institutional links with Anglia Ruskin University are being developed.
In January 2011, under a new consensus based team of Sevadaars, the Sangat resolved to raise funds and adopt appropriate organizational structures to enable the establishment of a permanent Gurdwara in Cambridge. Thus under a new Constitution, and as an Incorporated legal entity involving time-limited tenures for Trustees, a major fund raising campaign enabled the successful acquisition of premises in early 2012. Following a successful change- of-use planning approval a few months later, renovation work commenced at a pace during the summer of 2012. Generous donations from the Cambridge Sangat (time and money) and free of charge materials from Sikh businesses in the UK enabled the renovation work to be completed by end 2012 facilitating the opening of the first Gurdwara in Cambridge, and indeed throughout Cambridge shire, in January 2013.
