Gurdwra Sahib Guru Nanak Darbar Tatt Khalsa Diwan is the biggest Sikh Place of Worship in South East Asia. Built at a cost of 10 million Ringgit the complex houses a commercial building of six storeys high and a Gurdwara of two storeys high. The building has provisions for a religious school, library, hostel for visitors, a printing press for Malaya Samachar - South East Asia's only Punjabi Newspaper. Tatt Khalsa Diwan was established in the early 19th century by Sikh immigrants to malaya for the propogation of Sikh religion and Punjabi language. Until the 1980s it had the biggest Govt aided Punjabi School in the region with an enrolment of 700 students. Due to falling student admissions the school closed down in the 1990s and is now a small private run institution. The Malaya Samachar has also dropped in circulation. |
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