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By James Peters

Guest Lecture

Local Sikhs celebrate birthday of Guru Nanak with guest lecture

Oct 30, 2019 | 4:31 PM

KAMLOOPS — The Kamloops Sikh community will celebrate the birthday of the first guru of the Sikhs with a visit from a prestigious guest lecturer this Friday (Nov. 1).

This year marks the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak.

Dr. Bhai Harbans Lal will travel to Kamloops this Friday to deliver a lecture on ‘Guru Nanak’s message of oneness.’

Dr. Lal is the Emeritus Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology-Neuroscience at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.

The theologian has published more than 700 scholarly papers and 28 books, and has won several honours for his work in inter-religious engagement.

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Dr. Lal will speak on Friday, Nov. 1, at 6:30 p.m., at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre.

Tickets are priced at $25 for members of the Sikh community and $10 for guests of members of the Sikh community.