Gurudwaras in Nairobi

Gurdwara Nanaksar Satsang Sabha runs like a typical Nanaksar instution where no money charava (donations) is accepted and no langar is cooked. The langar for every program comes prepared from the homes of the faithful Sikh Sangat of Nairobi. In May 2007, In the plot adjacent to the Gurdwara Sahib a new building was opened […]

Siri Gurudwara, at its present site, was founded in 1918. The building consisted of wood and corrugated iron sheets structure and remained in that shape up to 1939. The foundation stone for a stone building was laid on November 26, 1939 by Sardar Gujjar Singh Dhesian and Sardar Santa Singh. The opening ceremony was performed […]

Sikh Temple Landia was the first Gurdwara established in Nairobi, Kenya in 1903. The Gurdwara is built in the vicinty of the main train station in Nairobi. It was built by the pioneering Sikhs who had worked on the East-African Railway Line during Kenya’s colonization by the British. At that time the entire area around […]

Ramgahria Railway Sikh Temple South ‘C’ is a branch of Sikh Temple Landia. The First Gurdwara Sahib in Kenya. In 1960, the land for the present Ramgarhia Gurudwara in Nairobi South ‘C’ was offered free of charge to the Gurudwara Ramgarhia Railway for social Development. At a general meeting held on 5th September 1971 a […]

The main aim of the Singh Sabha was to restore the purity of the Sikh culture, to do away with non-Sikh practices and inculcate love for Sikhism. It also encouraged publications of books and periodicals on Sikh history and prompted the Punjabi language as a medium of teaching. In addition they also tried to influence […]

The Juja Road branch of Siri Gurudwara Bazaar was started in 1962 consisting of Main prayer Hall, Langar, Guru Nanak Nursery School and Secondary School and dispensary. The foundation stone of the new building at Juja Road was laid by Sardar Gurmeet Singh Kandola of M/s. Kishan Singh & Sons Nakuru in 1987. The building […]

The present Ramgarhias are indebted to the pioneers, skilled artisans and technicians working on the Kenya Uganda Railways in the early nineteen’s. The Yatta Road Ramgarhia Hall came into existence when Sardar Hem Singh Sehmi laid the foundation stone in the year 1933. The construction of the hall was done in harambee spirit by members […]