Guru Nanak

A spokesman for the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Nijjar was shot dead by two masked gunman while sitting in his vehicle in the busy car park of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple in Surrey, British Columbia.

Sikhs lit candles to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, at the illuminated Golden Temple, in Amritsar, India.

He and an associate discussed some upcoming programs while making their way across the large parking lot behind the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple near Vancouver.

Dozens of yellow flags of Khalistan — a homeland that Sikh separatists want to create in the Punjab region of India — flew in and around the grounds of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple near Vancouver.