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Sikh and ye shall find.

Times Square became a sea of turbans Saturday as thousands tied on the signature wrap to raise awareness for the Big Apple’s misunderstood Sikh community.

Sikhs and tourists alike donned a kaleidoscope of colorful headwear for the 8th annual Turban Day, the fourth time it’s been in Times Square.

Among them was Katherine Herrera, 26, from Bogota, Colombia.

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The aim of the event was to demystify Sikh culture — and to make clear others shouldn’t be “scared of us,” said the event’s founder, Chanpreet Singh, who heads the non-profit Sikhs of New York.

He told The Post that the Sikh community values “love, faith, equality and social justice.”

“In middle school and high school I was — numerous times — told to go back to my country,” he said.

“I was called Osama bin Laden. I was called a terrorist. So there had to be something to change that.”

“Our kids go through a lot of hate crime,” said event volunteer Kawaldeep Singh, 50. “People don’t know who are the people in the turban.”

Organizers expected between 35,000 and 40,000 people to pass through during the gathering, which went from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Last year, the Sikhs of New York event set the Guinness World record for most turbans tied — 3,010 — in eight hours.

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