Afghan Sikh TV

ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇSPECIAL DISPATCH · THE GURDWARAS

Doors Closed by History, Opened by Broadcast

Since the partition of 1947, the holiest shrines of Sikhi have stood beyond a border most pilgrims never cross. This channel will bring their daily darshan home, to every living room, in every nation.

The sarovar of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, glowing under a golden sunset
The sarovar of Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib, glowing under a golden sunsetANNO 1469

ਨਨਕਾਣਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ

Nankana Sahib

RAI BHOI DI TALWANDI · PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

Where Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born. Gurdwara Janam Asthan rises over the birthplace of the founder of Sikhi, a place most of the world's sangat has only ever seen in photographs. Our cameras will hold its darshan open, every day.

MARKS
Birthplace of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
CITY
Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan
SANGAT
Pilgrims from every continent

Daily live darshan planned from Janam Asthan

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The white domes of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur across its vast marble courtyard at dawn
The white domes of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur across its vast marble courtyard at dawnANNO 1522

ਕਰਤਾਰਪੁਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ

Kartarpur Sahib

BANK OF THE RIVER RAVI · NAROWAL, PAKISTAN

The city Guru Nanak Dev Ji founded and called home for his final eighteen years, where the first sangat gathered and the first langar was served. Darbar Sahib Kartarpur is where Sikhi began its life as a community.

FOUNDED
1522 by Guru Nanak Dev Ji
KNOWN FOR
The first sangat and langar
CORRIDOR
Visa-free since November 2019

Daily live telecast planned from Darbar Sahib

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The domed shrine of Gurdwara Panja Sahib at Hasan Abdal, photographed around 1913
The domed shrine of Gurdwara Panja Sahib at Hasan Abdal, photographed around 1913ANNO 1830

ਪੰਜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ

Panja Sahib

HASAN ABDAL · ATTOCK, PAKISTAN

Home of the sacred boulder bearing the panja, the handprint of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The gurdwara raised here by Hari Singh Nalwa has drawn pilgrims for two centuries; its sangat now spans every continent.

RELIC
The panja, Guru Nanak's handprint
BUILT BY
Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa
GATHERS
Vaisakhi sangat from 14+ countries

Hola Mohalla & Vaisakhi diwans, live from Hasan Abdal

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ਅਫ਼ਗ਼ਾਨਿਸਤਾਨ

The sangats of Afghanistan

This channel is named for the gurdwaras of Kabul, Jalalabad and Ghazni. Their darshan, their archives and their stories are a founding duty of Afghan Sikh TV.

The darbar hall of Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul, its Gurmukhi signage lit above the palki
The darbar hall of Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul, its Gurmukhi signage lit above the palkiANNO 1960s

ਕਾਰਤੇ ਪਰਵਾਨ

Karte Parwan

KARTE PARWAN · KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

The last functioning gurdwara in Kabul, and the heart of what remains of the Afghan Sikh sangat. Its gate has been rebuilt more times than its keepers care to count, yet the kirtan inside has never stopped. Afghan Sikh TV takes its name, and its founding duty, from this house of the Guru.

STANDING
The last functioning gurdwara in Kabul
DISTRICT
Karte Parwan, Kabul
SANGAT
The families who stayed to keep the lamp lit

The channel's founding shrine. Its story airs in Roots of Kabul

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The courtyard of Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar in Jalalabad
The courtyard of Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar in JalalabadANNO 1521

ਜਲਾਲਾਬਾਦ

Guru Nanak Darbar

JALALABAD · NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN

Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Darbar marks the Guru's own journey through Nangarhar five centuries ago. For generations the sangats of Jalalabad, traders and healers and neighbours, kept its doors open; their descendants now carry its memory from Delhi to London, and this channel carries it back.

MARKS
Guru Nanak Dev Ji's journey through Nangarhar
CITY
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
SANGAT
A community now spread across the world

Preserving the darbar's story for the generations to come

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Twin nishan sahibs of miri and piri raised against the sky
Twin nishan sahibs of miri and piri raised against the skyANNO 1500s

ਗਜ਼ਨੀ

Sangat of Ghazni

GHAZNI · AFGHANISTAN

Among the oldest Sikh sangats of Afghanistan, the community of Ghazni traces its roots to the earliest journeys of Guru Nanak Dev Ji through these lands. For centuries its gurdwara anchored a community of traders and civil servants; recording that heritage before it is lost is part of this channel's founding pledge.

HERITAGE
One of Afghanistan's oldest sangats
CITY
Ghazni, Afghanistan
TODAY
A story kept alive by its diaspora

Recording Ghazni's story for the permanent archive

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Kartarpur Corridor crosses one million pilgrimsRestoration begins at Gurdwara Karte Parwan, KabulVaisakhi at Panja Sahib draws sangat from 14 countries550-acre langar farm announced near Nankana SahibToronto Khalsa Day parade welcomes 200,000New Gurmukhi archive digitises 12,000 manuscriptsKartarpur Corridor crosses one million pilgrimsRestoration begins at Gurdwara Karte Parwan, KabulVaisakhi at Panja Sahib draws sangat from 14 countries550-acre langar farm announced near Nankana SahibToronto Khalsa Day parade welcomes 200,000New Gurmukhi archive digitises 12,000 manuscripts

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