← News & updatesSeva · 31 October 2026

Our new Nishan Sahib is raised.

On Saturday 31 October 2026 the sangat of Guru Ka Niwas came together for the Nishan Sahib Seva. Here is how the day unfolded, from the langar kitchen at dawn to the moment the Nishan Sahib rose into the sky.

Saturday 31 October 2026Nishan Sahib Seva7 moments

10.20am · Seva begins

Langar from first light.

Long before the programme began, sevadars were in the langar kitchen preparing food for everyone who would come.

Outside, the bare Nishan Sahib stood on its new foundation, waiting for its Chola Sahib.

Sevadars in the langar kitchen cooking in large steel pots — Sevadars preparing Langar in the kitchen

The bare yellow Nishan Sahib pole standing against a grey morning sky — The Nishan Sahib before the seva

Late morning · The sangat gathers

Coming together.

Families from across Wolverhampton and beyond gathered in front of the Gurdwara as the Panj Pyare took their place at the entrance, in bana and with kirpans.

The sangat gathered in front of the Gurdwara beside the Nishan Sahib — The sangat gathers in front of the Gurdwara

The Panj Pyare in orange bana standing at the Gurdwara entrance — The Panj Pyare at the Gurdwara entrance

11.30am · The Khanda

The Khanda.

The polished steel Khanda that crowns the Nishan Sahib was brought out and placed on a table covered in white, with the Panj Pyare standing behind it.

The polished steel Khanda on a white-covered table, with the sangat gathered behind — The Khanda before it was fitted

Close view of the mirror-polished Khanda at the tip of the Nishan Sahib — Mirror-polished steel

11.40am · Ishnaan seva

Washing the Nishan Sahib.

The Nishan Sahib was lowered and laid along a line of tables. One by one, members of the sangat came forward to wash it, their hands on the pole as water was poured over it.

It was a moment everyone could share in, young and old.

Many hands resting on the yellow pole as water is poured from a steel jug — Hands of the sangat on the pole during the ishnaan seva

Water pouring from a steel jug over the yellow Nishan Sahib pole held by many hands — Water poured over the Nishan Sahib

Midday · The new Chola Sahib

A new Chola Sahib.

Sevadars then dressed the Nishan Sahib in its new orange Chola Sahib, tying it carefully along the whole length of the pole, with the Khanda at its tip.

Sevadars preparing the new orange Chola Sahib at a table — Preparing the Chola Sahib

The Khanda fitted at the tip of the Nishan Sahib, now wrapped in its orange Chola Sahib — Dressed in its new Chola Sahib, with the Khanda at the tip

12.10pm · Ardas

Ardas at the base.

With the Nishan Sahib laid out ready, the Panj Pyare and the whole sangat stood around its base for Ardas, asking for Guru Sahib's blessing.

The Panj Pyare and the sangat standing with joined hands around the yellow base for Ardas — Ardas around the base of the Nishan Sahib

View from above of the Nishan Sahib in its orange Chola Sahib laid out across the grounds, with the sangat around it — From above: the Nishan Sahib laid out and ready to be raised

12.25pm · Raised

Standing tall.

Then, to jaikaras from the sangat, the Nishan Sahib was raised. It now stands in front of Guru Ka Niwas in its new Chola Sahib, with the Khanda shining at the top, for everyone passing to see.

Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal.

The newly raised Nishan Sahib in its orange Chola Sahib, with the sangat and Panj Pyare at its base — The Nishan Sahib, raised

Looking up past the Panj Pyare in orange bana to the Nishan Sahib against a blue sky — The Panj Pyare at the foot of the Nishan Sahib

With gratitude

Thank you to everyone who gave their seva.

To the Panj Pyare, the sevadars in the kitchen and on the grounds, everyone who helped with the Chola Sahib, and the whole sangat who came to wash and raise the Nishan Sahib. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.

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