(UPDATE! Title of post should read Guru Ravidass not Ramdass, sorry! Can anyone fix?)
I was searching Bay Area Hindu temples via Google (I check once in a while as there are each year or so yet another opens in the Bay Area and greater area), when I came upon a site listing temples that had a listing for "Guru Ravidass Sabha Temple" in Pittsburg Ca.
I had never heard of it before.
When I went to the link it didn't have a lot of information, but it seemed to be similar to a Sikh Temple, I visit a Sikh Temple on occasion located in Fremont.
But it seems it is not a Sikh Temple, but a temple related to an Indian saint who opposed the caste system of birth based discrimination, and this immediately caught my attention and I am thinking of visiting this temple since that is what I like to do is visit temples. The temple is very large from viewing google street.
But before I do, since I am totally unfamiliar and may not be welcome for a visit, a few questions:
* Are there any members pf Ravidass Sabha religion on this forum?
* Which Indian community is following Guru Ravidass?
* Which time is typical to visit the temple for artik or ceremony or song/lecture other, and is the temple typically locked otherwise or can someone "just sbow up"?
* Would I be considered unwelcome or out of place?
* Do I remove shoes?
* Are lunches served as is common in Gurdwara?
* How does one give hundi?
Thank you!
I was searching Bay Area Hindu temples via Google (I check once in a while as there are each year or so yet another opens in the Bay Area and greater area), when I came upon a site listing temples that had a listing for "Guru Ravidass Sabha Temple" in Pittsburg Ca.
I had never heard of it before.
When I went to the link it didn't have a lot of information, but it seemed to be similar to a Sikh Temple, I visit a Sikh Temple on occasion located in Fremont.
But it seems it is not a Sikh Temple, but a temple related to an Indian saint who opposed the caste system of birth based discrimination, and this immediately caught my attention and I am thinking of visiting this temple since that is what I like to do is visit temples. The temple is very large from viewing google street.
But before I do, since I am totally unfamiliar and may not be welcome for a visit, a few questions:
* Are there any members pf Ravidass Sabha religion on this forum?
* Which Indian community is following Guru Ravidass?
* Which time is typical to visit the temple for artik or ceremony or song/lecture other, and is the temple typically locked otherwise or can someone "just sbow up"?
* Would I be considered unwelcome or out of place?
* Do I remove shoes?
* Are lunches served as is common in Gurdwara?
* How does one give hundi?
Thank you!
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