Concertgoers who had tickets to see an Indian music superstar have been offered a refund after refusing to leave their Sikh dagger at the gate.
On Sunday night, 25,000 people saw megastar Diljit Dosanjh's first stadium show in Australia in Western Sydney's Parramatta.
Many in the crowd were from Dosanjh's Punjabi and Sikh community, some of whom wear the religious symbol in the shape of a small dagger known as a Kirpan.
Director of advocacy group Australian United Sikhs NSW Randeep Singh Grewal said the Kirpan had deep religious significance and Sikhs were not allowed to remove it under any circumstance.
Baram Bimwal and his wife Sona paid $200 each for their tickets to attend Dosanjh's concert.
The 50-year-old with a spinal injury said he fought through the pain to attend, but when

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