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 A Punjabi-Mexican American couple, Valentina Alvarez and Rullia Singh, posing for their wedding photo in 1917. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mexico City · Naucalpan | |
| Religions | |
| Sikhism | |
| Languages | |
| Mexican Spanish • Punjabi • Hindi • Urdu |
Sikhs in Mexico are a religious minority inMexico. There is estimated to be no more than 1,000 Sikhs living in Mexico, with most residing inMexico City and theNaucalpan region.[1]
Sikh migration to Mexico started in the early 1900s fromPunjab Province (British India). Sikhs were migrating in large numbers for economic opportunities inUnited States andCanada. However, due to the U.S.Immigration Act of 1917,[2] some Sikhs ended up staying in Mexico.[3]
As many Sikhs had difficulty with entry in the United States in the following decades, some Sikh farmers settled in Mexico and married Mexican women.[4]
In the 1980sYogi Bhajan visited Mexico City, introducingKundalini yoga, which led to a large number of his students converting to Sikhism fromCatholicism.[4][5]
In 2016, Sikh-American actorWaris Ahluwalia was initially barred from hisAeroméxico flight from Mexico City to New York because of histurban.[6]
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In 2022, thefederal government of Mexico agreed to offer asylum to 141Afghan Sikh refugees based humanitarian grounds.[7]
There is currently one fully functioningGurdwara, which is located inTecamachalco,State of Mexico, close to the border with Mexico City.[8][9]
Ambassador Gill says of the 150 Indian families living in Mexico, a majority are Sikhs. He says a lot of Mexicans are converting to Sikhism and adopting the philosophy of a simple life and truthfulness.
the Immigration Act of 1917 restricted the entry of Asians into the country, preventing the Punjabi workers from bringing their families to join them.
One old Sikh man, who had taken a boat from Asia to Panama, then walked through Central America to the Mexican border after 1913, when legal immigration to the United States was shut off
At least 141 refugees from the Sikh and Hindu communities of Afghanistan were given asylum in Mexico on humanitarian grounds
There is only one gurdwara in Mexico City.
