Various Gurdwaras

uru Ram Das Ashram in Los Angeles and Hacienda de Guru Ram Das in Espanola, New Mexico can be transformed into glorious environments for our celebrations. Included below are photos of the various Gurperb celebrations as well as the newly costructed Guru Nanak Dwara Gurdwara in Phoenix, Arizona and Yogi Bhajan’s Memorial Gurdwara in a large outdoor tent in New Mexico. For many years Sikh Dharma of Northern California has invited me to design their floats for the Yuba City Guru Gaddi parade. The float for 2000 is featured below.

 

Guru Ram Das Birthday Celebration with top archways covered in fresh million star (a variety of baby’s breath)		Guru Gaddi Celebration with dangling satin ornaments to match the red velvet ramalas from the Golden Temple		Sheer fabric from Portugal draped and gathered along with full marigold garlands
Wedding of Jai Singh and Siri Ram Kaur with embroidered satin brocade and white hydrangeas		Newly constructed Gurdwara in Phoenix, AZ with sheers draped in lower archways and around the circular skylight		Multi-colored ribbons hung above the Guru and on the marble for 2007 Akal Thakat Gurdwara

Yogi Bhajan Memorial Gurdwara in a tent in Espanola, NM with Hari Kirn Kaur and Guru Ravi Kaur building the ek ong kaar and adi shakti flower designs from full carnation heads		With the Gurdwara design completed, you see a golden tone with draping lights, gold fabric and flower designs along the front of the stage. White silk ramalas with a matching canopy, heavily embroidered in gold were ordered from Amritsar.

				Virginia Gurdwara decorated for a wedding
Some events take bundles of flowers!		Hacienda de Guru Ram Das decorated for a morning celebration

Sat Bachan Kaur and myself making garlands for an event in Espanola, NM.		Here you can see the construction of the float with the scalloped archways and the finished float with its painted images of the ten Gurus and the fabulous crew who helped put it all together