Prayer meet in remembrance of Operation Blue Star victims - Amritsar

01/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs take part in a procession after a prayer meet.

02/19

Caption

A Nihang or Sikh warrior holds a sword as he attends a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

03/19

Caption

An Indian women offers prayers at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India.

04/19

Caption

A Indian Sikh man attends a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

05/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs attend a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

06/19

Caption

An Indian Sikh boy wears a T-shirt carrying an emblem of Sikhism printed over it as he attends a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikhs who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

07/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs attend a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

08/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs attend a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

09/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs attend a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

10/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs attend a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

11/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs shout slogans after a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

12/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs shout slogans after a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

13/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs shout slogans after a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

14/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs hold posters carrying pictures of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and others as they take part in a procession held in the memory of the Sikhs who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

15/19

Caption

A holyman sits near the wall carrying bullet marks borne during Operation Blue Star in year 1984, after a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

16/19

Caption

Indian children look at the bullet marks on a wall borne during Operation Blue Star in year 1984, after a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

17/19

Caption

A Nihang or Sikh warrior holds a sword as he attends a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple.

18/19

Caption

An Indian Sikh man attends a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

19/19

Caption

Indian Sikhs attend a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984.

Report current story

Indian Sikhs attend a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star an Indian military operation to remove Sikh separatives from the Golden Temple.

Indian Sikhs attend a prayer meet held in the memory of the Sikh people who lost their lives in Amritsar in 1984, during Operation Blue Star at Golden Temple, Amritsar, India. 6th June 2012.

Operation Blue Star,3–6 June 1984 was an Indian military operation, ordered by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, under the pretext of removing Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The insurgents, led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, were accused of amassing weapons in the Sikh temple.