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Miri Piri Campers Visit Maharaja Dalip Singh’s Former House 

LONDON: A group of Miri Piri campers visited the former home of Maharaja Dalip Singh at 53 Holland Park, on August 2, singing “We are Mighty Khalsa, Mighty Mighty Khalsa, Everywhere We go, People Want to Know , Who We Are, So We tell Them.” Organised by the United Sikhs, the Miri Piri weekend camp hosted by the Central Gurdwara London, the oldest Gurdwara in Europe, also known as the Shepherd’s Bush Gurdwara, left wonderful memories. Many came to participate from Essex, Berkshire, Middlesex, Birmingham, Hitchin and Wolverhampton.  

The activities included talks, discussions, Sikh Martial Art Gatka, and of course all of this was marked by spiritual energy as well as fun. Maharajah Dalip Singh lived in this house for 5 years in the 1800s. Many felt a tinge of sadness at reading the English Heritage Blue Plaque on the house which read – “The last Maharaja of Lahore”.

12 August 2009
 

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