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Sikh
heritage project to be completed by 2009
WSN Network
Chandigarh: The heritage complex at Anandpur Sahib would be
completed by March 2009. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
has set the deadline for completion of the Khalsa heritage complex
at Anandpur Sahib and added that it would be dedicated to the people
on the occasion of Hola Mohalla - a festival to celebrate the valour
of Sikhs.
The Rs.2.24 billion project will showcase the evolution of the Sikh
religion. It is aimed at giving correct information to the younger
generation of Sikhs in India and abroad. The complex will house rare
manuscripts, books, paintings and other artefacts to show the
evolution of the religion.
The Punjab government has also announced that it will honour Moshe
Safdie, an Israeli architect who had been involved in designing and
implementing the project. The project was announced in April 1999 on
the occasion of the tercentenary of the of the Sikh religion. An
amount of Rs.1.14 billion has already been spent on the project,
which has been delayed beyond its five-year deadline.
Badal said that the remaining amount of Rs.1.1 billion would be made
available for the project for its early completion.
28 March 2007
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