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Sikh community to hand out free lunch for celebration

By Larry Valenzuela
Vegetarian food was served at the Sikh Center of the Pacific Coast following the annual Sikh Day Nagar Kirtan Parade for Vaisakhi celebrations in this April 2016 photo in Selma.
Vegetarian food was served at the Sikh Center of the Pacific Coast following the annual Sikh Day Nagar Kirtan Parade for Vaisakhi celebrations in this April 2016 photo in Selma. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com

The birth of the founder of the Sikh religion will be celebrated with free lunches in west Fresno on Saturday.

The Sikh Council of Central California will host the event, where lunches will be handed out from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Victoria Park – renamed Khalra Park.

Lunches will include Subway sandwiches, samosas, rice biyani, tea and cold drinks. Literature about the religion also will be available.

It’s all to celebrate the birth month of Guru Nanak dev ji, the founder of the Sikh religion. November is Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month in California.

The Sikh community recently donated more than $20,000 to Poverello House.

Larry Valenzuela: 559-441-6084, @larryvalwork

This story was originally published November 16, 2017 at 8:49 PM with the headline "Sikh community to hand out free lunch for celebration."

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