£4m Gurdwara temple in Queens Park finally opens its doors

UP to 2,000 people from all over the county joined in the celebrations to mark the opening of the Guru Nank Gurdwara in Queens Park, Bedford.

The celebration included speeches by 24 people instrumental to the temple's development, as well as a prayer service, fireworks and dispaly of the Sikh marial art, Gatka.

Amrik Singh Jamu, general secretary of the project, said: "It was a wonderful and histoic day which will be remembered for centuries to come.

"The whole of Bedfordshire should be proud of this, not just the Sikh community."

The temple, which was five years in the planning and took three years to build, cost £4m. The impressive building caters for 600 worshippers and features granite and marble imported from western India.