Saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made sure to respect and help every religion prosper, former Minister of State for External Affairs and Member Parliament from Patiala in Punjab, Preneet Kaur, on Thursday visited Ayodhya's Ram Mandir, .
âGiani Harpreet Singh, SGPC-appointed acting jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib, has congratulated the Sikhs in Austria for getting Sikhi registered there at the official level and asked the Sikhs to take measures to get the same in other European countries.
The Sikh faith was registered as a religious denomination in the current month. With this provision, this faith has got official recognition in this country and the Sikhs living here will now be able to use Singh and Kaur after their forename, mention Sikhism as their religion, and register themselves as Sikhs, as per media reports.
There are seven gurdwaras in Austria out of which three are in Vienna with one each in Klagenfurt, Linz, Graz and Salzburg. The new status attained by the Sikh faith is the result of tireless efforts made by a Sikh committee that was set up by all the gurdwara managing panels here. This committee comprised the Sikh youngsters.