Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day, 2006

Photograph of a game of tug of war during the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh temple in… more

Photograph of a game of tug of war during the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh temple in… more

Photograph of an unidentified man receiving a plaque at the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh… more

Photograph of an unidentified man receiving a plaque at the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh… more

Photograph of an unidentified man receiving a plaque at the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh… more

Photograph of an unidentified man receiving a plaque at the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh… more

Group portrait of an unidentified man receiving a plaque and a wrestler, at the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and… more

Group portrait of unidentified men at the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh temple in… more

Photograph of an unidentified man receiving a plaque at the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh… more

Photograph of a wrestling match (pehlwani) at the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. "Pehlwani" or "Kushti" is a form of wrestling developed in the Mughal Empire and popularized within the Indian continent. It combines the traditional wrestling forms of Persian "koshti pahlavani" and… more

Group portrait of tug of war players lounging on the grass during the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the… more

Photograph of a game of tug of war during the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh temple in… more

Photograph of a game of tug of war during the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh temple in… more

Photograph of a game of tug of war during the Khalsa Diwan Society's Annual Sports Day 2006, hosted at the Khalsa Diwan Society Gurdwara in Vancouver, B.C. The Khalsa Diwan Society is a pioneer Sikh society, one of the oldest in Vancouver, formed on July 22, 1902 in British Columbia, Canada, formally established in 1906. In 1908, the Society purchased and built the first Sikh temple in… more