Masjid-e-Hindan

The Masjid-e-Hindan (Persian: مسجد هندان‎, "Mosque of the Indians") is a Sikh gurdwara in Tehran, Iran.[1] The gurdwara was established in 1941 and serves Tehran's very small Sikh community.[2][3] Despite its name, the complex is not an Islamic Mosque, and is given its name due to the Muslim majority in Iran, and to protect it from any governmental scrutiny towards non-Islamic religion.

References
  1. Prime Minister pays homage at Teheran Gurdwara Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Sikh Review, June 2001
  2. Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (20 May 2016). "Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Iran Gurdwara" – via The Economic Times.
  3. "Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Announces Chair in Name of Guru Nanak for 11 Universities". News18.


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