Holy Scriptures transferred as new £5m Sikh temple in Luton opens

By News Reporter
Published 22nd Dec 2021, 17:55 BST
Updated 23rd Dec 2021, 00:36 BST
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There will be a grand official opening of the new three-storey building later

A new gurdwara for Luton' s Sikh community opened today (December 22) as the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (Holy Scriptures) was transferred from the old place of worship in Portland Road.

Despite there being only a few hundred Sikh households in Luton, between them over many years they have managed to pull together over £5million to fund the new temple in Dallow Road.

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Next comes the demolition of the old gurdwara and finally the grand official opening of the new three-storey building in due course.

Photographer Tony MargiocchiPhotographer Tony Margiocchi
Photographer Tony Margiocchi

Photographer Tony Margiocchi was there to capture the Sri Guru Granth Sahib processing from the old to the new gurdwara, it being escorted upstairs and a first scripture reading inside the new gurdwara.

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