By Amandeep Madra on August 16, 2010
Just days after it was inundated by flood water, the centuries-old Gurudwara Pathar Sahib was full of Sikh and Buddhist devotees praying for those lost in the calamity. Local tradition says that the gurdwara was first constructed in 1517 and was for centuries a Buddhist shrine to ‘lLama Nanak. Today it is a Sikh shrine [...]
Posted in Cultural | Tagged gurdwara, Leh, Restoration, Sikh |
By admin on August 13, 2010
An agreement has been signed between the German Embassy Islamabad and the Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan (AKCSP) regarding the restoration of historic homes in the Walled City of Lahore. According to press release issued here on Tuesday, the Federal Republic of Germany is providing 9.3 million Pakistani rupees for the conservation and rehabilitation of [...]
Posted in Architectural, Cultural | Tagged Lahore, Pakistan, Restoration |
By Amandeep Madra on August 11, 2010
The much-hyped United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Master Plan for Tourism Development across Punjab has been at a standstill for a month now. Its Chief Technical Adviser and the team leader, Roger Goodacre, complaining of a “suffocating” work atmosphere, decided to opt out of the project last month. Even the national coordinator of the [...]
Posted in Architectural, Cultural | Tagged Anandpur Sahib, Khalsa Heritage Complex, tourism |
By admin on July 26, 2010
The provincial capital, often termed the “Garden of Mughals”, is the hub of the province’s cultural heritage. There are various forts, castles, tombs, gardens, minarets and mosques in the city such as the Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque, Sunehri Mosque, Tomb of Anarkali and the Tomb of Asif Khan among others.
Posted in Architectural, Cultural | Tagged gardens. bagh, Lahore, Mughal, Pakistan |
By Amandeep Madra on June 21, 2010
Ferozepur : The crumbling building of the historical Anglo-Sikh War Memorial and Museum on the banks of Ferozeshah canal is being repaired these days. After more than two decades, the Punjab Heritage and Tourism Development Board has finally sanctioned funds — a total of Rs 4.07 crore — for the renovation of historical monuments in [...]
Posted in Architectural, Cultural | Tagged Anglo Sikh, Anglo Sikh Wars, British, Ferozpur, Restoration, Sikh |
By admin on June 13, 2010
In what could be termed as a fine example of religious tolerance, the Sikh community at Sarwarpur village restored a demolished mosque and handed over the mosque keys to the lone Muslim survivor at the village. The historical mosque was destroyed during the Partition in 1947, but the efforts of Joga Singh and his NRI [...]
Posted in Architectural, Cultural | Tagged muslim, Sikh |
By hema on March 15, 2010
Did the sixth Sikh guru leave behind a few weapons on the outskirts of Kailey village near Ludhiana during his halt during his ‘dharam parchar’ tours of the region in 1621? The recovery of some sharp-edged weapons and a ‘chur’ during digging in the vicinity of the village gurudwara, built in memory of Guru Har [...]
Posted in Cultural, Material | Tagged Guru Har Gobind, Ludhiana |
By hema on March 11, 2010
Though there has been stringent prohibition act against defacing or damaging the precious historical monuments by the government, yet the act is being ignored, with hardly any guilt, by the authorities. Ram Bagh, an 84-acre summer palace set up by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1819, is a prime example to testify the couldn’t care less [...]
Posted in Architectural, Cultural | Tagged Punjab Remains Act 1964, Ram Bagh, Ranjit Singh |
By Harbakhsh Grewal on March 9, 2010
Last November here in Britain the annual remembrance took place of the country’s war dead. Up and down the country on Remembrance Sunday services are held to remember those who have given their lives in the two world wars and many other wars since then, including the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. And this [...]
Posted in blog, Cultural | Tagged Remembrance, Sikh, UK, World Wars |
By hema on February 19, 2010
When the British conquered Lahore in 1849, Lord Dalhousie, the Governor General, declared that he would educate the “wild illiterate Punjabis” in a new system of Anglo-Vernacular education. When they started the East India Company Board was shocked by what already existed. The board was amazed to find that the literacy rate in Lahore and [...]
Posted in Cultural, Punjabi Social History | Tagged Dalhousie, East India Company Board, Lahore, Ranjit Singh |