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Gurmat School started on Sunday Sep. 12, 2021

Registration for the 2021 cohort of the SFV Gurmat School is now open. The weekly online sessions started on Sunday, September 12 and run from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM for kids in four age-based groups. The curriculum focuses on Gurmukhi (reading, writing, and speaking), reading and understanding Gurbani, understanding the beliefs, and Sikh history. Read more for registration and details.

SFV Seniors Program restarted on July 7

The Sikh Foundation of Virginia (SFV) Seniors Program is active again after its temporary COVID-19 suspension. The Program serves the social and wellness needs of the SFV senior Sangat (55 and older). Participants seek to enrich lives, their own and of others, through meaningful social interaction. Contact the Coordinator or Facilitator for details or to join.

The first Gurdwara in Virginia

The Sikh Foundation of Virginia was founded in 1978. There was no Gurdwara in Virginia then, and families would go to Gurdwaras in the District of Columbia or Maryland.

When the number of families in Northern Virginia reached a critical mass, about a dozen like-minded Punjabi families explored the idea of building a gurdwara in Northern Virginia to meet the religious, cultural and social needs of their community.

Over the next three years, the Committee launched a membership drive, selected and registered the name of the organization as Sikh Foundation of Virginia, and approved its Constitution and Bylaws. The organization purchased five-acres of land in 1981. The groundbreaking for the building was held in 1987, and the present Gurdwara Sahib was inaugurated on Baisakhi day in 1989.

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