Linked up with some of the Croydon Gurdwara youth to create some artwork to commemorate the great Sikh warriors who fought back in the day, as part of the Vaisakhi celebrations 🎉
None of the guys had spray painted before so thought I’d give em a crash course, from which they created the base fill for the overall ‘canvas shields’. The finished artworks with names, including the Chali Mukte (the 40 liberated ones who sacrificed themselves in battle) can be seen in the Library area at Siri Guru Singh Sabah Gurdwara, Croydon.…
Never been over religious, more a spiritual inclination over the years, especially the older you get, you question things more, plus growing up and being born a Sikh, I guess I kinda just went with the flow of attending Gurdwaras (Sikh Temples) with mum & dad without much interest in the deeper teachings of the faith, until I understood more on the philosophy side, the Sikh way of life…
Vaisakhi is the Sikh New Year festival which commemorates 1699, the year Sikhism (The Khalsa) was born as a collective faith through Guru Gobind Singh.…
