Members of the Guru Nanak Society of Greater Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio participated in the interfaith event.

Ohio: ON Punjab Media: Members of the Guru Nanak Society of Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Sikh community of Dayton recently held an event called “Interfaith Conversation and Cuisine” at The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Cincinnati, Ohio. The purpose was to bring people from different religious backgrounds together for a meal and share information about their religion. In addition to the Sikh community, the Jewish Community Council, Hindu Temple of Greater Cincinnati, Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati, Bahá’ís and members of other religions participated in the event. Sharing information in this regard, community activist Sameep Singh Gumtala said that the members of the Sikh community talked about the importance of the basic principles of Sikhism like Seva, Kirat Karo, Naam Japo. Gumtala said members of different religions were seated together at the dinner table so that they could share information about their religion and culture with each other. “It is very encouraging to see that people of all ages are a part of this event and such events are very important to create and maintain unity among different communities,” he said. Kirat Singh, a Sikh youth attending high school and Studying in college. Japneet Singh, Manit Singh and Mihar Kaur also actively engaged with members of other religions. Class 10 student Mihar Kaur said they also shared information about the importance of seva and langar in Sikhism to people of other religions at their dinner table. And they also shared information about the history of Darbar Sahib, Harmandir Sahib with people of other religions.