Yogi Bhajan teaching students in Santa Barbara, California in 1969.
In 2024, we celebrate 55 years of our community and the teachings of Yogi Bhajan in the West. We will be bringing more historical articles to you to celebrate, but in the meantime, here is what we shared in 2019:
In 2019 we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan’s arrival in the West in 1969. As soon as he arrived, he began teaching his students about Sikh history, Sikh Dharma and Kundalini Yoga.
To celebrate this milestone and Yogi Bhajan’s lasting legacy, we compiled 50 years of historical content from the Sikh Dharma community. We hope you enjoy the history, memories and the journey from past to present contained in these gems. We can’t wait to see what the next 50 years has in store for our global community!
A Joyful Noise: Guru Dass Singh Explores the First 35 Years of Music in 3H0
1969: Guru Singh Tells the Story of Tying His First Turban
1970: Two Students of Yogi Bhajan Take Sikh Vows
1970: Livtar Singh Recounts His Experience Taking Sikh Vows in 1970
1972: The Opening of Guru Ram Das Ashram in Los Angeles
1972: Seeing Eye-to-Eye with the Master – Yogi Bhajan Teaches the Tratakam Practice
1974: Saving Yogiji: Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur Remembers Serving as Yogi Bhajan’s Bodyguard
1976: The First Khalsa Women’s Training Camp
1976: Poems and Reflections from the First Khalsa Women’s Training Camp
1977: Ram Das Puri – Where Angels Dare to Tread
1978: Bathing in the Ram Das Sarovar
1969 – 1979: Ten Years of 3H0 History in Photos
1979: Music – The Companion that Soothes Us and Moves Us
1979: The Birth, Growth and Expansion of the Grace of God Movement of the Women of the World
1980: Painting the Future – The Sarkar e Khalsa Gurdwara Sign at Summer Solstice
1981: We Belong to Each Other – Shakti Parwha Kaur
1982: Yogi Bhajan and Ram Dass Talk about Preventing Nuclear War
1983: Requirements of a Spiritual Teacher
1984: The Sikh Concept of Guru
1986: Spreading the Word(s) . . . and Music
1988: 3H0 Europe – The ’70s and ’80s
1989: The Music Within – Song of the Khalsa
1990: Global Forum on Human Survival in Moscow
1991: The Administrator’s Alphabet
1992: The Sacred Sounds of Nirinjan Kaur
1993: Parliament of the World’s Religions
1994: 3H0’s NGO in Service to the United Nations Launched
1994: The Formation of the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association (IKYTA)
1995: Annual Legislative Luncheon Launched in New Mexico
1996: The Early Years of SikhNet
1997: The Founding of Miri Piri Academy
1999: Don’t Cry for Me Children of Sikh Dharma
2000: The Siri Singh Sahib Speaks at the United Nations
2001: The Founding of Dashmesh Sadan in Anandpur Sahib
2002: Lord of Miracles Tour Launched
2003: The Celestial Sounds of Snatam Kaur
2004: We Come and We Go: Yogi Bhajan’s Last Lecture
Five Lectures, Five Decades: Timeless Truth from Yogi Bhajan
2005: Krishna Kaur Conducts Teacher Training in Ghana
2008: Sikh Dharma Presents Kalgi Crown Jewel to Takhat Hazur Sahib
2009: Food 4 Kids Launched in Northern New Mexico
2010: Langar Chile Provides Food Following Devastating Earthquake
2011: My First Time Playing Kirtan in Darbar Sahib
2012: Serving with Empathy and Compassion in Australia
2013: Caring Coalition Launched in Arizona
2014: Gurutej Singh Publishes the Novel ‘Rajni’
2015: Miri Piri Brazil School Opened
2016: Sikh Dharma Recognized in Chile
2017: The Music Legacy of Guru Dass Singh
2018: Sikh Dharma Recognized in Argentina
2019: Light of Guru Nanak Yatra
2019: Light of Guru Nanak Yatra participants and Miri Piri Academy students perform simran on the Kali Bein river in, where Guru Nanak Dev Ji emerged enlightened. Image courtesy of SikhNet.
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