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By admin on February 21, 2012
NEW DELHI: Three people have been arrested on charges of trying to sell off an old, hand-written copy of the Guru Granth Sahib – the holy book of the Sikhs – to some persons in the city for Rs 20 crore ($4m). The accused have been identified as Praveen Babbar, who owns a hotel in [...]
Posted in Manuscripts | Tagged Guru Gobind Singh, Manuscript, patna, Sikh, theft |
By News Editor on October 5, 2011
AMRITSAR: Khalsa college will digitize the rich Sikh treasure including rare books, manuscripts and hand written documents during the times of Sikh Gurus, presently preserved in the 81 years old Sikh museum.
Posted in Manuscripts | Tagged Amritsar, Khalsa Army, punjab, Sikh Gurus, Sri Guru Granth Sahib |
By admin on August 9, 2011
It’s treasure that has been locked in a damp room. Much to the chagrin of artists and art connoisseurs, an old building in Patiala is housing historical artefacts, prints, photographs, sketches, rare paintings depicting centuries-old history of Sikh Gurus and accounts of erstwhile princely states of PEPSU. The archives department was shifted from Rajindra Kothi [...]
Posted in Manuscripts, Material | Tagged archives, patiala, Ranjit Singh, Sikh |
By News Editor on June 20, 2011
Not long back, research meant trudging down to the library, searching for journals through musty stacks and queuing up for the photocopier. But not anymore.
Posted in Manuscripts | Tagged Digital books, digital library, Manuscripts, Nanakshahi Trust, Panjab Digital Library (PDL) |
By admin on July 2, 2010
Irked over the Centre’s dilly-dallying attitude over returning books and other valuable treasures of the Sikh Reference Library to the SGPC for more than 25 years , the apex Sikh body has finally undertaken the onerous task of resurrecting the library on its own. The Army is yet to return valuable items like manuscripts, paintings, [...]
Posted in Manuscripts | Tagged Amritsar, Manuscript, SGPC |
By admin on June 1, 2010
AMRITSAR : A rare collection of hand-written manuscripts of Hindu, Sikh and Muslim religion along with outstanding relics of European Renaissance, collected by a Sikh scholar in Punjab village are in state of gross neglect. A Sikh scholar Dalip Singh of remore village Mallu Nangal on Indo-Pak border in this district who owns the collection [...]
Posted in Manuscripts | Tagged conservation, dasam granth, destruction, Manuscripts, SGPC, Sikh |
By admin on January 22, 2010
Despite enjoying a lot of funds and working under the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB), Diyal Singh Trust Library (DSTL) has still not started digitalising its collection of rare books, periodicals and manuscripts. However, due to its importance in history and its vast collection of books, the DSTL is tremendously popular among local as well [...]
Posted in Cultural, Manuscripts | Tagged Diyal Singh majithia, Lahore, library |
By admin on October 28, 2009
The original copy of the “Heer”, owned by Shaheed Udham Singh, was put on display at Ghadari Museum of Desh Bhagat Yaadgar Hall – the torchbearer of the Ghadar movement and its ideologies. A rare possession, the book has been displayed in a glass box for the public ahead of the 18th Gadhari Mela, beginning [...]
Posted in Cultural, Manuscripts |
By admin on August 20, 2009
Pages of rare manuscripts, books, magazines , newspapers and photographs on the Sikhs and Punjab will be available at www.PanjabDigiLib. org on the Internet at Panjab Digital Library launched by the Nanakshahi Trust and the Research Institue ( SikhRi) today.
Posted in Cultural, Manuscripts, Uncategorized | Tagged Digitisation, Sikh |
By admin on June 6, 2009
The newly set up Guru Granth Sahib Resource Centre in Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan in the Capital is holding a unique exhibition of some rare Guru Granth Sahib Birs in the world. On display will be the world’s smallest printed Guru Granth Sahib Bir as also the world’s largest handwritten holy book of the [...]
Posted in Manuscripts | Tagged Manuscript |