June 1984 Vigil in Cali

“The army went into Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple Complex) not to eliminate a political figure or a political movement but to suppress the culture of a people, to attack their heart, to strike a blow at their spirit and self-confidence.”
Joyce Pettigrew, The Sikhs of Punjab, London: Zed Publishers, 1995

[SIZE=7][b][color=orange]PRAYER MEETING[/SIZE][/b]

[color=orange]The Sikh community of Greater Sacramento area requests you to join in the vigil, remembering all those who lost their lives twenty years ago during and after--->[/color]

[u][color=blue]OPERATION BLUESTAR[/color]*[/u]

[color=blue]A campaign unleashed by the Government of India resulting in the deaths of more than half a million Sikhs in Punjab and rest of India.[/color]

[color=green]WHEN: Saturday, June 5th 2004 at 6:30 pm
WHERE: North Steps of the State Capitol, Sacramento[/color]


[u]PROGRAM[/u]
6:30 pm: Operation Bluestar and after- A photo exhibition
7:00 pm: Opening remarks
7:15 pm: Ardass- a prayer for the victims
7:30 pm: Remembering the Dead- A floral tribute
7:45 pm: 2 minute silence
7:47 pm: ‘WE SHALL OVERCOME’
7:55 pm: adjourn[/color]

[u]DIRECTIONS[/u]
The capitol is located on 10th Street
between N and L Streets in downtown Sacramento

[b]San Francisco Bay Area[/b]: Interstate 80: Take Business 80 (Capitol City Freeway), Exit I-5 North, Exit Q Street up to 10th Street, turn left.

[b]Redding Area[/b]: Interstate 5: Take J Street Exit. Right on 12th Street, right on L Street.

[b]Stockton Area[/b]: Interstate 5: Exit Q Street up to 10th Street. Turn left.

[b]Placerville Area[/b]: Highway 50: Take Interstate 5 North. Exit Q Street. Turn left on 10th Street.

* Code name for the infamous assault by the Indian Army on the holiest of Sikh shrines, the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar in Punjab, India on a religious holiday in June 1984 resulting in the deaths of thousands of innocent pilgrims including women and children.