Any place where the scriptures have been installed, but in the wider sense also a community center of Sikh life.

Meaning 'The Guru's door' or 'God's house' it is a temple and place of worship

(Punjabi: "door of the guru"). In Sikhism: 1. A gathering place for public worship (roughly equivalent to “church”). 2. A place of worship where the Sikh scripture is installed. 3. In addition to the area for worship in which regular rituals, festivals and life cycle rites are performed, there is a communal kitchen in which food is prepared and shared. (See also diwan hall, langar.)

Gur - Guru, dwar - house of . The house of God or Sikh place of worship, sometimes wrongly refered to as a Sikh Temple.

a place of learning, this is its function, well supposed to be

a Sikh worship service which includes prayer and meditation, singing and chanting

this literally translates as 'the door to the Guru' and is the name of the religious centres used by Sikhs. A gurdwara acts as a community centre, teaching hall, meeting place and somewhere to hold religious ceremonies. The gurdwara also has a kitchen ( langar) where food is cooked and given freely to anyone who visits the gurdwara (also called langar). All Sikhs give a proportion of their income to the gurdwara so that the langar can continue to feed all who need to be fed. There are no chairs in the gurdwara; all who enter sit equally on the floor and lower than the Guru Granth Sahib, which rests on a special pedestal. Special seating is, however, always provided for disabled visitors.

The Sikh place of worship or temple (Also, Gurudwara)

Name given to a Sikh temple. It means 'Gateway to the Guru'.

Literally translated "Home of the Guru." Any building or room dedicated to housing the devotional songs of the Guru for the prupose of spiritual practice; A Sikh place of worship, open to anyone. Provides food and shelter to travelers, and the needy.

'door to the guru', a Sikh temple

Name given to the religious place of the Sikhs. It means 'Gateway to the Guru'.

A Gurdwara (, or , ), meaning "the doorway to the Guru", is the Sikh place of worship and may be referred to as a Sikh temple. In the early days of the Sikh Gurus, before the first gurdwara, followers of Guru Nanak formed a congregation whose venue was known as a (place or seat of dharam or faith). A Gurdwara always houses the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib and displays a triangular orange flag called the Nishan Sahib.