Virasat-e-Khalsa bags energy conservation award for the third consecutive year
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalaptiala.in
Virasat-e-Khalsa, the landmark museum showcasing heritage and culture of Punjab at Sri Anandpur Sahib has accomplished a rare achievement by bagging the top state energy conservation award for the third year in succession. The award has been announced by Punjab Energy Development Agency, the state sponsored agency that the gives these awards annually for making extra efforts for Efficient Utilization, Management and Conservation of Energy in different sectors.
Disclosing this here today, Minister for Tourism & Cultural Affairs, Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi said that Virasat-e-Khalsa has bagged the first prize for the third consecutive year. The Minister applauded the efforts of the staff of the museum for their special efforts in conservation of energy.
He said the award this year is special as it comes on the top of awards for Virasat-e-Khalsa in the two preceding editions besides a host of other museum awards Virasat-e-Khalsa has bagged in the recent years.
Virasat-e-Khalsa bags energy conservation award for the third consecutive year. Showering praise on the museum he said that the archetype museum is in the habit of remaining in limelight and has become a paradigm of excellence in more ways than one. It has set new bench marks in for other museums, monuments and government / official buildings to emulate.
Virasat-e-Khalsa
Virasat-e-Khalsa is a museum of Sikhism, located in the holy town, Anandpur Sahib, in Ropar district. The museum celebrates 500 years of the Sikh history and the 300th anniversary of the birth of Khalsa, based on the scriptures written by the tenth and last human guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Virasat-e-Khalsa has a record number of visitors. Visitor numbers have also broken records as the museum has been recognised as the most visited museum in the Indian subcontinent. The footfall for a single day on March 20th 2019 was the most ever recorded for a museum in India.Over 10 million people have visited since its inception 8 years ago.
July 1, 2021
