Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI:Astretch of a road in New York has been renamed Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Marg honouring the ninth Sikh guru’s legacy.
Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in a post on X October 21 called it a “proud moment for the Sikh Sangat”.
Lynn Schulman, the city councilwoman, who moved the city council resolution for the renaming, said it recognises “the 9th Sikh Guru’s legacy of sacrifice, compassion, and unwavering stand for justice”.
Sukhjinder Singh Nijjar, an East Coast Sikh community leader, welcomed the renaming saying it was the local government’s appreciation of the Sikh heritage. The stretch of the road is home to Gurdwara Makhan Shah Lubana in the Richmond Hill section of the city’s Queens borough.
The temple run by the Sikh Cultural Society is one of the oldest gurdwaras on the US East Coast and was started in 1972 in a building that was once a Christian church.
