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The main hall is 36 feet long and 32 feet broad with a 10 feet wide verandah surrounding the temple, which comprises ten rooms, which are believed to have been designed for visitors and the priest (granthi). The interior of the temple is an artistic decoration that exudes the cultures and beliefs of the Sikhs. At the entrance of the temple is a towering metallic gate with a stone lion sculpture. The piece of land where the temple stands today at the Byramjee Street, now renamed Uyoma Street, was originally a Crown Land until September 1956 when the colonial government approved the Sikh leaders request for it (the land).
DOME
The present dome was designed to reduce echo. The structural design of the temple was approved by structural engineers Messrs and Gilbert Dean. The ag of the Panth was hoisted by Sardar Jodh Singh, retired Chief Inspector of Police. The Gurdwara Sahib opened days before Kenya gained its independence from the British on December 12, 1963, the article reads. The erection of the Nishan Sahib (ag staff) by late Sardar Perminder Singh Sagoo, Chairman of Siri Guru Singh Sabha, has greatly given an uplift to the image of the temple, it adds. Since 1982, further renovation has been done on the building, including tiling of the dome to make it waterproof and ooring of the courtyard to make the oor comfortable.
RIGHT: A 1963 photo showing the designs on the temples wall. BELOW: The temple today. [PHOTOS:
WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/ STANDARD]