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Aha! that’s a marvelous question. The good relations between Whites and the Indian Sikhs are centuries old.

It was in the year 1708 when the two Muslim Pathans took a murderous attempt on Guru Gobind Singh Ji's life in Nanded, Maharashtra and the Guru Ji got injured. It was then that Guru Gobind Singh Ji was treated by a White British Doctor. So, the Whites came in contact with the Sikhs long back.

But sizeable number of Whites embracing Sikhism was in the 20th Century only and it continues till date.

It was in the late 60’s, when Mr. Harbhajan Singh Puri, Head of Customs at the New Delhi Airport who was a Master of Kundalini Yoga landed in the Western Hemisphere to teach Kundalini Yoga.

His students who joined the Yoga classes heard of the Sikh Mantras for the first time, heard stories of the Sikh Gurus and the Sikh discipline and that is where it all started when his students started exploring Sikhism and the first converts to Sikhism was in the early 70’s.

So, Mr. Puri or the Singh Sahib indirectly was instrumental in preaching Sikhism and that’s what he did in his entire life till he passed away in 2004.

It was during Singh Sahib’s lifetime that for his contributions towards Sikhism that he was honored from the Akal Takhat with the title, “Bhai Sahib” and that’s what most of his students used to call him and still remember by the name, Bhai Sahib or even Siri Singh Sahib.

Also in the year 1999, on the tercentenary of the Khalsa celebrations, Siri Singh Sahib was awarded with the Panth Rattan title at Takhat Keshgarh Sahib, Punjab.

Singh Sahib’s followers grew from the North and South America’s to even in South East Asia of China,Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Though the Indian Sikhs have been living in the Western World for over a century much before Siri Singh Sahib landed but it was only through the efforts of Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib that the Whites started exploring Sikhism.

Aha! that’s a marvelous question. The good relations between Whites and the Indian Sikhs are centuries old.

It was in the year 1708 when the two Muslim Pathans took a murderous attempt on Guru Gobind Singh Ji's life in Nanded, Maharashtra and the Guru Ji got injured. It was then that Guru Gobind Singh Ji was treated by a White British Doctor. So, the Whites came in contact with the Sikhs long back.

But sizeable number of Whites embracing Sikhism was in the 20th Century only and it continues till date.

It was in the late 60’s, when Mr. Harbhajan Singh Puri, Head of Customs at the New Delhi Airport who was a Master of Kundalini Yoga landed in the Western Hemisphere to teach Kundalini Yoga.

His students who joined the Yoga classes heard of the Sikh Mantras for the first time, heard stories of the Sikh Gurus and the Sikh discipline and that is where it all started when his students started exploring Sikhism and the first converts to Sikhism was in the early 70’s.

So, Mr. Puri or the Singh Sahib indirectly was instrumental in preaching Sikhism and that’s what he did in his entire life till he passed away in 2004.

It was during Singh Sahib’s lifetime that for his contributions towards Sikhism that he was honored from the Akal Takhat with the title, “Bhai Sahib” and that’s what most of his students used to call him and still remember by the name, Bhai Sahib or even Siri Singh Sahib.

Also in the year 1999, on the tercentenary of the Khalsa celebrations, Siri Singh Sahib was awarded with the Panth Rattan title at Takhat Keshgarh Sahib, Punjab.

Singh Sahib’s followers grew from the North and South America’s to even in South East Asia of China,Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Though Sikhs of the Indian Sikhs origin have been living in the Western World for over a century much before Siri Singh Sahib landed but it was only through the efforts of Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib that the Whites started exploring Sikhism.

Aha! that’s a marvelous question. The good relations between Whites and the Indian Sikhs are centuries old.

It was in the year 1708 when the two Muslim Pathans took a murderous attempt on Guru Gobind Singh Ji's life in Nanded, Maharashtra and the Guru Ji got injured. It was then that Guru Gobind Singh Ji was treated by a White British Doctor. So, the Whites came in contact with the Sikhs long back.

But sizeable number of Whites embracing Sikhism was in the 20th Century only and it continues till date.

It was in the late 60’s, when Mr. Harbhajan Singh Puri, Head of Customs at the New Delhi Airport who was a Master of Kundalini Yoga landed in the Western Hemisphere to teach Kundalini Yoga.

His students who joined the Yoga classes heard of the Sikh Mantras for the first time, heard stories of the Sikh Gurus and the Sikh discipline and that is where it all started when his students started exploring Sikhism and the first converts to Sikhism was in the early 70’s.

So, Mr. Puri Puri, or the Singh Sahib Siri Singh Sahib, indirectly was instrumental in preaching Sikhism and that’s what he did in his entire life till he passed away in 2004.

It was during Singh Sahib’s lifetime that that, for his contributions towards Sikhism that Sikhism, he was honored from the Akal Takhat with the title, “Bhai Sahib” and that’s what most of his students used to call him and still remember by the name, Bhai Sahib or even Siri Singh Sahib.

Also in the year 1999, on the tercentenary of the Khalsa celebrations, Siri Singh Sahib was awarded with the Panth Rattan title at Takhat Keshgarh Sahib, Punjab.

Singh Sahib’s followers grew from the North and South America’s to even in South East Asia of China,Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan.

Though Sikhs of the Indian origin have been living in the Western World for over a century century, much before Siri Singh Sahib landed but landed, it was only through the efforts of Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib that the Whites started exploring Sikhism.