Gurudwaras in Selangor

By the late 19″ Century Kiang town was an important commercial trading center. Many Sikhs were employed in the Federated Malay States Police to maintain law and order. Gradually, more Sikhs arrived in Kiang and became watchmen, money lenders, dairy farmers and bullock cart operators and drivers. In 1900, there were aboute 50 Sikh in […]

Bukit Beruntung is about 20 Kilometers from the town of Rawang and approximately 15 Kilometers from Serendah. In the 1990s, Bukit Beruntung was Developed into a residential cum commercial area. Presently, there are about 30 Sikh families residing in Bukit Beruntung and the adjacent Bukit Sentosa areas. In early 2003, some of the Sikh families […]

In the early 1920’s, there were about 120 Sikhs residing in Kalumpang. Most of them were employed by the K.L. Tin Mine, as well as other smaller mines in the area, mainly as security personnel or general labour ers. In 1928, these Sikhs built a Gurdwara Sahib in Kalumpang to serve their religious needs. The […]

In the late 1950s, the tin mines at Sungei Bakau Rawang started to go out of business. The Sikhs who used to work in these tin mines as general workers or watchmen had to seek employment elsewhere. Most of these Sikhs ended up being employed by Berjuntai Tin Dredging Limited in Batang Berjuntai. At one […]

Around the 1920s, there was a small community of Sikhs in the Banting area. Most of them were employed in the Police Force while others were dairy farmers. To serve their religious needs, these Sikhs and their families used to travel to the nearest Gurdwara Sahib in the town of Klang, which was about 20 […]

Around 1936, there were about 100 Sikh families who lived around the old Ampang Village area. Some of these Sikhs were attached to the Ampang Police Station while others were dairy farmers. However, a majority of these Sikhs were employed by the numerous tin mines in this area as watchmen or general workers. A prominent […]