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Sikh
temple
opened
in
2012,
with
a
pool
at
the
front,
a
grand
prayer
hall
&
vegetarian
meals.
India
and
the
UAE
have
generally
enjoyed
cordial
relations,
partly
due
to
their
shared
history
with
the
British
presence
in
Asia,
and
partly
due
to
the
pre-colonial
history
of
trade,
commerce
and
settlement
between
the
two
nations.
Dubai
is
an
Oasis
of
religious
tolerance.
Sikhs
living
in
UAE
had
no
common
place
to
gather
to
worship
or
celebrate
religious
festivals
or
weddings.
In
Dubai,
the
Bur
Dubai
temple
and
private
homes
being
used
for
mass
gatherings
were
bursting,
prompting
community
leaders
to
look
into
the
possibility
of
building
a
larger
space
for
worship
of
the
Guru
Granth
Sahib.
They
grew
from
five
families,
to
10
families
to
50
families
and
it
became
hard
for
them
to
ask
the
hostess
to
make
400
chapattis
in
a
day.
So
they
decided
that
whoever
comes
brings
10
chapattis,
and
the
hostess
would
make
the
vegetables
and
the
dal.
Though
temporary
Gurudwaras
had
come
and
gone,
the
community
needed
a
permanent
place
of
worship.
The
very
thought
of
building
a
permanent
and
official
Gurdwara
in
the
heart
of
an
Islamic
state
was
considered
nothing
short
of
an
Arabian
mirage.
The
push
for
an
official
Gurudwara
began
about
27
years
ago.
The
proposals
kept
getting
knocked
back
but
they
did
not
give
up.
It
was
a
pleasant
and
joyous
surprise
when
consent
was
received
from
the
Council
of
Imams.
To
add
to
the
joy
and
sense
of
well-being,
Sheikh
Mohammed
bin
Rashid
Al
Makhtoum,
Vice-President
and
Prime
Minister
of
UAE,
bestowed
a
piece
of
land
free
of
charge,
for
the
Sikhs
to
build
their
Gurdwara.
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