Achievements 2019
Education We strongly believe that educating young people is fundamental in order to ensure future success of communities and self-sustainability. The Sikh Council of Scotland (SCS) has therefore had a strong emphasis on educating children from the Sikligar and Vanjara … Continued
Dinner at the Rotary Club Prestwick
Sikh Council Scotland presented the work they have been doing at the Rotary Club Prestwick. The purpose of the meeting was to explain how Sikh Council Scotland have been helping the Sikligar and Vanjara community in the last 10 years
Achievements of Sikh Council of Scotland
Education & Self Development In order to promote self-development for young women from The Sikligar and Vanjara communities, The Sikh Council of Scotland has built 4 sewing and training centres to date. These facilities provide learning opportunities to young women … Continued
Sikh Council of Scotland To Facilitate Education to Sikligar Children
LUDHIANA, Punjab—The Sikh Council of Scotland has announced to take responsibility of facilitating education to 150 children belonging to Sikligar families in India. The announcement has been made in an attempt to uplift living standards of these Sikh families. Notably, … Continued
Donations of 125 sewing machines
We would like to thank Mr Dr Amarjit Singh Nijjar who took the seva of donating 125 sewing machine. His contributions will provide learning opportunities to young women who have no access to education.
Eye Camp & Sewing Machine distribution 2017
Eye CampMany villages in Chatees Garh do not get access to health centre. We will be running eye and medical camp on the 12th of February. We are expecting to have 250 to 300 patients at the camp. Read here … Continued
The view of the sanggat
Dear Gurdip Singh ji SSA After going through the information available at your website, I am greatly impressed by the efforts of the council to connect Sikligars, Vanjaras, Satnamis etc living below the poverty line to the main stream … Continued
Achievements of the council
Achievements of the Sikh Council of Scotland are as follows: 1) The construction of a Gurudwara in the village of Broor, district Amarvati with the joint effort of British council, where many Sikligar Sikhs reside on the main road to Hazoor … Continued
History of Sikligar Sikhs
Sikligars Sikhs were the lohars (ironsmiths/blacksmiths) who once specialized in the craft of making and polishing weapons. Once more commonly known as Gaddilohars the term Sikligar was bestowed on these men who fashioned iron by Guru Gobind Singh who turned … Continued
Sikh Tribes ignored
SIKH TRIBES IGNORED Most of the Sikhs will be surprised to know that they number above 12 crores as can be seen from the following table. 1. Local Punjab,Kashmir,Haryana,delhi&areas around it 2 crores 2. Sikligar Maharashtra,Andhra,karnatka,M.P,Rajasthan,Gujrat etc 4 crores 3. … Continued
About Vanjaras
Numerically the vanjara tribe is the most important, spread all over South India. Vanjaras are among those Sikhs who irrigated with the blood of whole of their families, the plant of Sikhism. They were so brave that men like Bachitar … Continued