Kartar Kaur Gill ➔ [Photo of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's visit to the Gur Sikh Temple]

Item
Identifier:
2022_05_02_016
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.southasiancanadianheritage.ca/where-are-the-women-love-solace-and-courage/
Repository Identifier
scan0025.jpg
Date
July 31 2002;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : col.
Format
still image
Description
Prime Minister Chrétien visited Abbotsford's Gur Sikh Temple to declare it a National Historic Site of Canada. Prime Minister Chrétien is inside the Gurdwara wearing a head covering, called rumāl, and a formal suit. This was the first time a Canadian Prime Minister came to the Gurdwara. South Asian Canadian men are surrounding him with formal suits. On the left of Prime Minister Chrétien is Minister of Natural Resources, Herb Dhaliwal, who has a dark-blue rumāl on. Indar Singh Gill is on the right of the Prime Minister in a light-blue turban and light grey suit. Indar Singh was the President of the Sikh temple in 1951 and then again in 1979. Everyone is covering their head, some with rūmals and others with turbans. The background has two pictures of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;Older South Asian Canadian men;Abbotsford Sikh Temple National Historic Site (Abbotsford, B.C.);Pagg
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Prime ministers [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm008220];Historic sites [http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/graphicMaterials/tgm005017]