Panthic Weekly in New Orleans

United Sikhs command center in Baton Rouge, the house of Sumir Kaur, Gurudwara President, is also currently serving as the temporary Gurudwara.



A Newspaper stand that we found upon entering New Orleans.



The exterior of the New Orleans Gurudwara



The New Orleans Gurudwara Sahib Darbar Hall as we found it, the takht had floated up, the stage was thrown across the room.



The line markings on the wall where the water had stood for days after receding a bit.



Kuldip Singh, United Sikhs Director, standing next to the mattress where the birs were placed when we found them.



Tanmeet Singh, United Sikhs volunteer, next to the mattress in the Sukhasan Room.



The Saroops (bodies) of Guru Granth Sahib upon our arrival. They were soaking wet after having been in toxic water for nearly a week.



A recovered Gutka, covered in mud.



The Sangat (congregation) cleaning the Saroops before agan pett (cremation).











The Gurudwara Secretary lights the pyre.



The Granthi, Nirmal Singh (left), watches as volunteers add more wood to the pyre.



A few hours later.







The angs of a Larivaar saroop can be seen in the ashes.











Jal Parvah (Scattering of the ashes).