Superfan Nav Bhatia: A story of love and Raptors basketball — The Big Story Bhatia studied engineering in India when he left for the United States in 1984. He is a Sikh, meaning he wears a ...

Bhatia, a 69-year-old Sikh man, immigrated from India ... held a special ceremony to award him the title of "Superfan" in 1998. When the Raptors won the 2019 NBA Championships, the team gifted ...

Now, the Raptors superfan will be forever memorialized in ... But Bhatia’s story begins in 1984 when he sought refuge in Canada after anti-Sikh riots in India, according to CNN’s Great Big ...

NAV BHATIA, TORONTO RAPTORS SUPERFAN: I tell you ... But all came to stand still once this enlightenment (ph) was bad and the Sikh rights and genocide happened. And at that time, as a family ...

But in 1984, members of India's Sikh community were targeted in ... the immigrant Everyman who went on to become the Raptors' most beloved superfan. Celebrating several high points in Bhatia's ...

The 69-year old Sikh is known as the "superfan" of the Toronto Raptors and has rarely missed a game since the team started in 1995. On May 17, Bhatia along with Chris Webber, Paul Pierce, and Jay ...

He moved to Toronto in 1984 to escape India’s anti-Sikh riots ... In 1998, Raptors executive Isiah Thomas officially named him the team’s Superfan and presented him with a special jersey.

He’s the Toronto Raptors’ biggest ... this 67-year-old Sikh such an inspiration. That while the world is building walls, Canada is building bridges. A guy like @superfan_nav is our best ...

Nav Bhatia never set out to become the undisputed Superfan of the Toronto Raptors. But empowered by ... as it might have been the inability of the Sikh community to integrate with the rest of ...

Nav Bhatia, a.k.a. the Raptors Superfan, started his ascent to fame in the late ‘90s, when the team officially recognized him as its most enthusiastic fan. His profile continued to rise as he ...

He is also known found his Superfan Foundation, founded in 2018, and gifting thousands of Raptors tickets to members of the Sikh community including a large number of children, to celebrate ...