The 2022 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize was given by Hofstra University to a Sikh writer, researcher, and filmmaker who has concentrated his work on the background and legacy of Sikhism.
A 24-episode docu-series recounting Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religionjourneys ,’s in the 16th century was recently finished by Amardeep Singh, co-managing director and co-founder of Lost Heritage Productions in Singapore.
According to a press release, the series, titled “Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak’s Travels,” was filmed in nine different nations at more than 150 different places of worship.
The Guru Nanak Prize from Hofstra University is a humble acknowledgment of our conviction that love for oneness is the fundamental component of existence, according to Singh. His message of tolerance in the face of difference has endured and will continue to do so.
This week, Singh received recognition at an event in Woodbury, New York. He is the author of various works, including “The Quest Continues: Lost Heritage – The Sikh Legacy” and “Lost Heritage: The Sikh Legacy In Pakistan.”
In addition, he created two documentaries based on his travels across Pakistan, “Peering Warrior” and “Peering Soul.”
Every two years, the USD 50,000 Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize is given to recognise outstanding efforts to advance interfaith understanding.
According to a statement from the university, Singh’s work as an author and independent filmmaker studying and preserving Sikh heritage and culture shows a strong devotion to the principles that Guru Nanak exemplified.
He continued, “He has dedicated his creative path to the fundamentals of religious comprehension.
According to Daniel Seabold, acting dean of Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Singh was selected by a committee of faculty and administrators out of 18 nominees.
According to Seabold, Singh’s analysis of Guru Nanak’s aim in pursuing worldwide fellowship among people of different religions significantly pleased the group.
In 2008, the Dalai Lama became the inaugural recipient of the Guru Nanak Prize. Since then, eight people and organisations have received the award, including the Interfaith Center of New York and 2020 Co-Honorees author and researcher Dr. Karen Armstrong and the global Charter for Compassion movement.
Sardar Ishar Singh Bindra and his family launched the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize in 2006. It is intended to promote interfaith cooperation and promote understanding of different religions.
The Bindra family in 2000 endowed the Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies to honour its matriarch. Speaking on behalf of the Bindra family, businessman, philanthropist, and former member of Hofstra’s Board of Trustees, Sardar Tejinder Singh Bindra said Guru Nanak spoke about love for humanity as well as respect for every religion.
“With that in mind, my parents established the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize as a way to recognise as well as support the efforts of individuals/organisations that work to advance dialogue between religions to help minimise religious conflict, which all the recipients have strived to achieve, from the very first recipient, the Dalai Lama, to the current recipient, Amardeep Singh,” Bindra said.
