:whatzpointkudi::whatzpointkudi:Images in order of appearance with commentary
The old Kilindini or Lehri Port in Mumbasa.
Kalindini i called deep water or waves in Swahili whereas in Hindi language it is called "Lehran."
Kilindini Road, Mumbasa.
This old photo is taken as a courtesy of www.hamid.info/msa ).
The First Gurdwara Sahib in Kenya Opened in Kilindini, April 1898, by Prof. Gurmukh Singh.
A small Panthic flag on a room in Kilindini(Mumbasa), in 1898, shows that there was a temple in Kilindini. Lt. Col. J. H..Patterson and his workmen used to take weekend tea there. This Gurdwara Sahib was opened in two rooms, by Prof.Gurmukh Singh, of Oriental College, Lahore, and Sirdar Kala Singh, Jamadar Ungan Singh and others, in April 1898. Please note that both Prof.Gurmukh Singh and Jamadar Ungan Singh died in 1898.
(Courtesy of Man-Eators of Tsavo, by Lt. Col. J. H. Pstterson).
Orioginal Kilindini Gurdwara Sahib, Replaced with a New Gurdwara, in Makupa, 1961.
With the growth of the Indian Population, The original Gurdwara Sahib at Kilndini was changed to a spacious new Gurdwara Sahib, but the Sikh community forget that with Kilindini, our history was attached.
(Courtesy of Sikh Heritage in East-Africa)
Sikh community has once again shifted Sri Guru Singh Sabha to another spacious Gurdwara Sahib.
Siri Gurdwara Sahib Ramgarhia Railway Landhies, 1903.
In 1899, the first Gurdwara Sahib was opened by Kishan Singh of Railway Police and others. It ha iron roof and wooden walls. It was replaced by a concrete edifice in 1903.
(Courtesy of " Through Open Doors" by Cynthia Salvadori and published and printed in Nairobi, 1989).
