Manuscript

Three try to sell off Guru Granth Sahib manuscript from birthplace of tenth Guru for $4million

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 [...]

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Sikh Reference Library to get new lease of life

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, [...]

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ASHT and the V&A Museum offers free course on Heritage Preservation

By Amandeep Madra on October 28, 2009

It’s really heartening to see that ASHT has put together a bespoke two day training programme in partnership with the Victoria & Albert Museum, in the subject of preservation. This is vital for private collectors who have become some of the richest sources of extant Sikh heritage left in the world. Delivered by experts from [...]

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Exhibition of rare Guru Granth Sahib Birs

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 [...]

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Historian claims rare possessions were returned

By admin on May 23, 2009

The two letters of Dr Anurag Singh, former Director, Research, sent to Avtar Singh, president, SGPC, revealing that the Army/CBI had returned rare books/ artifacts of Sikh Reference Library, taken out after Operation Bluestar in June 1984 in seven instalments, may put the SGPC in a piquant situation.