A 92-year-old gurdwara in Canada, which has been put on sale by a bank, has raised the hackles of Sikh organisations in Punjab who have called for efforts to save the place of worship.
The gurdwara at Paldi near Duncan on Vancouver Island was built in 1917 and is being put up on sale following a court order. The religious place and adjoining land is on sale for $1.65 million (Rs8.3 crore) after a failed business venture.
The Canadian town in British Columbia's lumber country is named after its founder Mayo Singh's native village of the same name in Punjab's Hoshiarpur.
Mayo Singh had immigrated to the US (San Francisco) in 1906 and had later moved to the Vancouver Island where he set up the Mayo Lumber Company and founded the town and named it Paldi. Satbir Singh, a businessman from Paldi village in Punjab, said they were making attempts to ensure that the sale of the gurdwara was prevented.
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