Guru Nanak Darbar, Dubai

Guru Nanak Darbar

The Guru Nanak Darbar is a Sikh gurdwara (place of worship) at Jebel Ali Village in Dubai, founded in 2012 to serve over 50,000 Sikh residents in the emirate.[1][2][3][4] The community-run gurdwara is the first official Sikh gurudwara in the GCC region and the Middle East, and it was established by Surender Singh Kandhari, a resident of Dubai since 1976.[1][3][5][4]

The Guru Nanak Darbar entered in April 2017 the Guinness World Records after it served breakfast to more than 600 people from 101 nationalities.[6][7]

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  3. ^ a b "Middle East's First Gurudwara Opens in Dubai". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  4. ^ a b Paul, Ajanta. "UAE's Sikh community gets its first dedicated gurudwara - News - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  5. ^ Singh Virk, Hardev (2018). The Temple of My Dreams. Motivate Publishing.
  6. ^ "This Gurudwara in Dubai just entered Guinness World Records on Baisakhi - Dubai, land of records". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  7. ^ "Dubai gurdwara creates world record with breakfast for people from 101 nations". Hindustan Times. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2021-09-01.