Street Address: Via Arturo-Pompeati Luchini 70, Maccarese,
City: Rome
State: Rome
Zip/postal code: 00057
Country: Italy
Phone: +39 06 6674052
Contact Person: Giani Avtar Singh
This is the story of Love, devotion, hard work and challenges faced by the Sikh community in Rome, Italy and the story begun with the acquiring of a little land in 1994 on lease which envisaged the setting up of a Gurdwara complex near Rome. During the initial years there were few members from the Sikh community in Rome to start the sewa, however they managed and came up successfully championing hardships like managing their own work and at the same time making arrangements for funds by visiting far flung places for work, running for tedious bureaucratic approvals, in period of time procured many essential facilities.
The setting up first Gurdwara complex in Lazio region of Ladispoli was quite a challenging experience and was in few years shifted to near Fregene, about 1 hour journey from the centre of Rome. For the last 10-11 years, it is being run from the same complex having capacity to seat around 250 people. Motivation for Love has made all the difficult things possible to achieve by His Grace. There was handful number of people who began this service.
Basically, the journey started with the few gentlemen who took modest initiative in arranging funds in the year 1994 and successfully found the suitable place in Ladispoli. Within few years, the small yet beautiful Gurdwara was shifted to another place on the outskirts of Rome near Fregene, Maccaresse at Via Luchini Pompeati Arturo, 70 00054 Fiumicino (RM) on lease. With the journey of more than a decade, committee together with the local sangat of Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib Sewa Society has been blessed with buying of fairly a good piece of land for a new Gurdwara Sahib in Rome and presently the construction is in taking place. However it is seeking immediate building funds from the sangat across the globe. By Guru`s grace, we would like to schedule its inauguration in the month of June`09.
The new Complex will have the seating capacity of 500 people. The interesting thing to note is that it will be just 13 minutes distance from Cornelia Metro station. From Termini station, Coliseum and Vatican City, it is 30 minutes journey by car. Management has to secure many loans to achieve this objective. Gurdwara Sahib helped many other Gurdwaras in Italy with the building funds but now itself is seeking funds for further construction. Due to the lack of funds, sangat members are taking part in the construction themselves. It needs funds for the construction of ceiling, floors, langar hall and various other things. Donations received on time will assist in making a very beautiful temple for all. It will house a langar hall with a seating capacity of around 250 people at the same time. New address of the complex will be Via Romano Guerra 16, Massimina Rome 00166 Italy.
