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ESPANOLA, NEW MEXICO, September 28, 2004: The Sikh Dharma community, founded in the early 1970’s provides a place where admirers of Yogi Bhajan, a Sikh spiritual leader and yoga master, can live in harmony and follow their beliefs in vegetarianism, meditation and community service. Except for Yogi Bhajan, who was born in India and came to the United States in 1969, most members of the Sikh Dharma are American-born converts who moved here to pursue their way of life. The compound is also home to Akal Security, wholly owned by the Sikh Dharma and one of the nation’s fastest-growing security companies, benefiting from a surge in post-9/11 business. With 12,000 employees and over US$1 billion in federal contracts, Akal specializes in protecting vital and sensitive government sites, from military installations to federal courts to airports and water supply systems, says this article. Alkal is the nation’s largest provider of security officers for federal courthouses, with contracts for 400 buildings in 44 states.



Akal is just one of several for-profit and nonprofit entities that are part of a larger Sikh Dharma financial empire. These include Golden Temple, a natural foods company that makes Yogi herbal teas, Soothing touch health and beauty products, Peace natural cereals, dietary supplements and private-label products for Trader Joe’s, a specialty food chain. Its annual revenues exceed $60 million. Among the nonprofit ventures owned by Sikh Dharma is the 3HO foundation, with the name standing for Healthy, Happy and Holy Organization. That group is dedicated to the spread of Kundalini yoga and Yogi Bhajan’s teachings. For the full lengthy article, click on “source” above.

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