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On 21 August 2011 a temple for the local Sikh community was inaugurated near Pessina Cremonese, a farmers village near Milan. The construction of the building, the largest second temple of Europe, with a space of 2.352 square meters for 500 worshippers cost 1,3 million Euro. Further funds will be needed to erect the five golden cupolas of the temple. The Gurdwara follows Shri Guru Kalgidhar Singh Sabha. Sikhs are a religious minority in Italy, which has the second biggest Sikh population in Europe after the United Kingdom. They are estimated to number between 60,000 and 70,000. There are about 22 gurdwaras across the country, mainly in northern Italy where many members of the community are engaged in agricultural work.

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  • Pessina Cremonese. The new Sikh temple is the biggest of all Europe (out of Great Britain). Many Sicks work in in the Lombardy's farms.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The kitchen of the Sikh temple. The kitchen is open from 3 am to late at night because the Sikh religion requires that the faithful have always the right to be fed.La cuvcina del tempio sikh, recentemente inaugurato. La cucina è aperta dalle 3 del mattino a tarda notte perchè la religione sikh prescrive che i fedeli hanno sempre diritto a essere nutriti.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Sikh believers eating and drinking on the ground floor of the temple. The establishment of "Langar" (common kitchen) serves to create social equality. The Sikh religion requires that the faithful have always the right to be fed.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Fedeli sikh si rifocillano al pianterreno. L'istituzione del "Langar" (cucina comune) serve a creare uguaglianza sociale. La religione sikh prescrive che i fedeli hanno sempre diritto a essere nutriti.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Fedeli sikh si rifocillano al pianterreno. L'istituzione del "Langar" (cucina comune) serve a creare uguaglianza sociale. La religione sikh prescrive che i fedeli hanno sempre diritto a essere nutriti.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Sikh believers eating and drinking on the ground floor of the temple. The establishment of "Langar" (common kitchen) serves to create social equality. The Sikh religion requires that the faithful have always the right to be fed.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Reading the Holy Book, considered by Sikh their eleventh god after the ten gurus who structured the Sikh religion. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Il tempio sikh, recentemente inaugurato, è il più grande d'Europa (Gran Bretagna esclusa), con 10.000 metri quadrati di terreno e 600 di costruzione.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Il tempio sikh, recentemente inaugurato, è il più grande d'Europa (Gran Bretagna esclusa), con 10.000 metri quadrati di terreno e 600 di costruzione.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Il tempio sikh, recentemente inaugurato, è il più grande d'Europa (Gran Bretagna esclusa), con 10.000 metri quadrati di terreno e 600 di costruzione.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Il tempio sikh, recentemente inaugurato, è il più grande d'Europa (Gran Bretagna esclusa), con 10.000 metri quadrati di terreno e 600 di costruzione.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Il tempio sikh, recentemente inaugurato, è il più grande d'Europa (Gran Bretagna esclusa), con 10.000 metri quadrati di terreno e 600 di costruzione.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The Sikh Temple, recently opened, is the largest in Europe (excluding the UK), with 10,000 square meters of land and 600 construction.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. The new Sikh temple is the biggest of all Europe (out of Great Britain). Many Sicks work in in the Lombardy's farms.
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  • sikh durante la mungitura in un'azienda agricola a Pessina cremonese. I sikh lavorano prevalentemente nell'agricoltura e per molti hanno letteralmente salvato dalla scopmarsa molti allevamenti del cremonese.
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  • Pessina CRemonese. Sikh milking in a farm. In Italy the Sikhs work mainly in agriculture and have literally saved many farms of Northern Italy from desappearing.
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  • Pessina cremonese, Raj Kumar, one of the first members of the Sikh community of Pessina with his family.
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  • Pessina Cremonese. Cars of faithful Sikhs outside the temple.
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