SGPC to renovate Deori near Akal Takht
KI Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Amritsar
After around 35 years, Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex gurdwara body decided to renovate feeble darshani deori ((entrance) ,one of the six entrances to the shrine complex at the Golden Temple complex near the Akal Takht, which was damaged during Operation Bluestar and preserve the relics of the army operation with the help of technical experts and architects.
After initiation of ‘ardas’, the work was awarded to Baba Kashmir Singh Bhuriwale who volunteered to do service (sewa) in the presence of Golden Temple head priest Giani Jagtar Singh, SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal and chief secretary Roop Singh.
SGPC chief secretary Roop Singh, said, “The preservation is a technical task and we have enlisted the services of experts. It will take three months to complete.” This was one of the structures in the shrine complex which got damaged during Operation Bluestar in 1984. The original bullet marks on its facade and sidewalls, identical to the ones on the historic Teja Singh Samundri Hall, are still there and due care will be taken to preserve them.
“We are encasing these marks to preserve them and shield them against rain etc,” said SGPC President Gobind Singh Longowal. He added that a display board will be mounted on the structure to familiarize the sangat and most devotees are not even aware of this. “Once the work is complete, it would be open for sangat,”
On this occasion SGPC members Rajinder Singh Mehta, Bhagwant Singh Sialka, Bawa Singh Gumanpura, Darbar Sahib Manager Jaswinder Singh Deenpur, Baba Harbhajan singh Bhalwan qila Anandgarh, Baba Sukhwinder Singh Bhuriwale, Additional Secy Sukhdev Singh etc were also present.
