By Harbakhsh Grewal on January 18, 2010
As anyone who reads this site knows all too well, Punjab’s built heritage is in a woeful state and in need of serious attention to save it. The silver lining of this dark cloud however has been the work of Gurmeet S Rai and her team at Cultural Resource Conservation Initiative (CRCI) which has been trailblazing in the [...]
Posted in Architectural, blog | Tagged conservation, CRCI, Gurmeet Rai, SGPC, UNESCO
By Harbakhsh Grewal on January 6, 2010
The ushering in of the New Year and of the second decade of the new millennium is an occasion to reflect on the year gone as well as to look forward.
2009 saw the re-election of a Sikh-led Indian government but a leader often decried as being the puppet rather than the puppet master and of [...]
Posted in blog, Cultural | Tagged Obituary, SGPC, Sikh
By Amandeep Madra on January 4, 2010
Gurdeep Singh Mann writes in the Tribune that the Haveli of Todar Mal is to be restored by the SGPC. This would make it one of the last pieces of Punjab’s Sikh built heritage that is extant and is now in the hands of the body that has been responsible for most the state’s worst [...]
Posted in Architectural | Tagged conservation, destruction, SGPC, Sikh, Sirhind, Todar mal, Wazir Khan
By Kiranjot Kaur on October 19, 2009
The traditional Bikarmi calendar has a year of 354 days and the old Nanakshahi calendar had piled on the Bikarmi one !
Some year ago, in a historic decision taken at Akal Takht after long deliberations at various platforms and active participation of all panthic organizations the Nanakshahi calendar was released and accepted by Sikhs world [...]
Posted in blog | Tagged Amritsar, Nanakshahi, politics, SGPC
By Kiranjot Kaur on October 16, 2009
One of the major events in the life of a Sikh is Anand Sanskar according to Sikh Rehat Maryada. In the presence of Guru Granth Sahib the couple vow to love and respect each other and follow the spiritual path together so that they are like one soul in two bodies.
In today’s world what happens [...]
Posted in blog | Tagged SGPC, Sikh
By Kiranjot Kaur on October 12, 2009
Editor : Punjab Heritage news is delighted to introduce Bibi Kiranjot Kaur as a leading member of the blog team. Her insight into the heritage of the city of Amritsar and Sikh politics will be an invaluable addition to this site’s aims. Kiranjot Kaur explains her reasons in this opening piece…
Why Blog?
Sikhs are no longer [...]
Posted in blog | Tagged Amritsar, SGPC, Sikh
By admin on September 17, 2009
Amritsar, Punjab: The executive committee of the SGPC is all set to decide on the way to preserve gold panels that adorned the Harimandir Sahib for 200 years until they were removed and replaced by replicas in 1999.
The gold panels which are of immense heritage and cultural value were prepared and plated during the rule [...]
Posted in Architectural, Material | Tagged Amritsar, GNNSJ, Harimandir Sahib, Kar Sewa, SGPC
By admin on July 23, 2009
The mystery over the authenticity of the tenth Sikh Guru’s Kalgi (plume) seems to have deepened as the UK-based family that is supposed to have donated it to the SGPC has stated that it had at no point claimed that the plume was that of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru.
Posted in Material | Tagged Amritsar, coventry, Kalgi, SGPC
By admin on July 20, 2009
The fact-finding committee formed by the SGPC to know the authenticity of the holy Kalgi (plume) of Guru Gobind Singh failed to reach any conclusion here today.
Posted in Material | Tagged Amritsar, Kalgi, SGPC
By admin on July 5, 2009
Even as SGPC president Avtar Singh today announced that he would preserve the Kalgi, said to be worn by Guru Gobind Singh in the Golden Temple’s Toshakhana, the research committee, which handed over the relic to Jathedar Akal Takht yesterday, failed to reveal the name of the person and the country from where it was [...]
Posted in Material | Tagged Amritsar, Kalgi, SGPC, Sikh
