SURYADEV Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 There are many groups of Sikhs around South Asia who came into being because their forefathers settled in different parts of India many centuries back for a variety of reasons. My question is are there any groups who travelled the other way ie. Central Asia, Tibet and China, Mid-East? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morghe Sahar Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 As for central Asia there have been some Udasi deras in countries like Azerbaijan and Russia. There was even an Udasi dera in St Petersburg in the 19th century. There is a small Sikh community in Iran based in Zahedan and Tehran. I haven't found any evidence of Sikhs in Tibet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURYADEV Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Cheers for that . I have heard of the community in Iran. Do you have any further info on these Udasi deras in Russia and Azerbaijan? St Petersburg in North Russia?? How and why did the Udasi's go there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyhp32 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 China had a Sikh community before 1948 when the Communists took over, most were there due to the British requiring soldiers and police in the areas under their control. There used to be a large Gurdwara in Shanghai. There were small trading communities of Sikhs and Hindus in Central Asia, they were mainly Aroras such as the ones you get in Afghanistan. I recall reading about them but owing to the upheaval of the Russian takeover of Central Asia in the 1840s they either moved back or assimilated into the local population. Interestingly enough the two main trading communities of Sikhs, Khatris and Aroras tended to move in different directions from Punjab. The Khatris moved into eastern and central India whilst the Aroras tended to move into Afghanistan and from thence into Central Asia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 As everyone knows that Guru Nanak Dev Ji travelled to 7 deeps and 9 khands.......so, naturally Guru Nanak Dev Ji visited North America also.....but till date we are unable to find any historic place in North America related to Guru Nanak Dev Ji........does anybody has any information regarding this...........the one thing for sure is that Guru Nanak Dev does visit 7 deeps and North America is one of them. Does anybody has any information regarding this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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