Nanak Darbar Indian Sikh Temple, Iloilo is an

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temple in

Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay. It is the capital city of t ...

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. It was part of creating a Guinness world record, for simultaneous candle lighting by 100,000 people for the world peace,

Location

It is located close to the Old Iloilo Airport at 113 R. Mapa Street in the

Mandurriao Mandurriao () is one of the seven districts of Iloilo City, in the province of Iloilo, on the island of Panay, in the Western Visayas region, in the Philippines. It is the second-largest district by land area as well as the third-most populous di ...

district of Iloilo City.

Cultural significance and free vegetarian meals for all

The temple serves the Indian community in Iloilo city. It also acts as a means of cultural integration by welcoming all and by providing free vegetarian Indian meals (called ''"langar"'') for all visitors which is available whenever the temple is open.

Indian community in Iloilo

Focus on and the concentration of Indians

Philippines' Department of Tourism has identified India, the 12th biggest source of tourist arrival to Philippines, as a high value source nation to attract more tourists to

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, including

Boracay Boracay (; often locally shortened to Bora) is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, located off the northwest coast of Panay. It has a total land area of , under the jurisdiction of three barangays in Malay, Akla ...

and Iloilo.DOT to bring Western Visayas to India
iloilometropolitantimes.com, 19 July 2018.

district in Iloilo city, barangay Taculing and barangay Bara in

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are main area of concentration of Indians living in

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. Several Indians are engaged in local micro-finance lending business (mostly

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), mobile shops on bikes (mostly Punjabis), consumer goods (mostly

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), pawan shops (mostly Sindhis), textiles (mostly Sindhis), electronic accessories (mostly Sindhis), MBBS students (mixed) and even in BPO and Outsourcing industry (mixed professionals) in Iloilo.K Kesavapani, A Mani, P Ramasamy, 2008
Rising India and Indian Communities in East Asia
ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. In 2008, estimated population of Indians, both alien and neutralised Filipino citizens, was around 600 in Western Visayas, which is expected to be few thousand currently. Indian students also come to

Iloilo Doctors' College Iloilo Doctors' College is an institution of higher education located in Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * ...

to study

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degree which also has the on-campus Indian canteen for these students. Diamond Shopping Centre and Sambo Bazar are prominent Indian businesses in Iloilo.

Mini India of Iloilo

Area around the SIkh temple in Iloilo is the ''"Mini India of Iloilo"''. Few Indian grocery stores located next to the temple sell groceries imported from India, which are bought by the local Indians and Indian restaurants as far as those in Boracay.Indian food in Iloilo
''"Flags Taste of India"'' (FTI) resto bar, is located bsides this Sikh temple, on R. Mapa Street in Tubacan and offer authentic north Indian Punjabi vegetarian and non-vegetarian food daily.Taste authentic India at Flags Taste of India Resto Bar
panaynews.net, 21 Sept 2018.

Other Indian restaurants in Iloilo

''"Masu Cafe"'' in Dalgado also serves Indian and Nepalese food. "Curry in Hurry" is located a few meters away from Central Philippine University at Don Aguedo Del Rosario Building on Lopez Jaena Street in

Jaro, Iloilo City Jaro (; ) is a district of Iloilo City in the Philippine province of Iloilo on Panay Island in the Western Visayas region. It is the largest in terms of area and population of Iloilo City's seven districts, with 130,700 people in the 2020 census ...

. ''"Bhai Shaab's Punjabi, Indian, Nepalese Fast Food"'', owned by a Nepalese married to a pinay, also serves Indian-Nepalese food at barangay Dulonan in

Arevalo, Iloilo City Villa de Arevalo (; ), commonly known as simply Villa or Arevalo, is one of the seven districts of Iloilo City in the province of Iloilo, on the island of Panay in Western Visayas, in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popula ...

.Thoughts of Food : Delhi in Iloilo City
Focal Point.

References

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