Virast-e-Khalsa closed for visitors till further orders
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
The Punjab Government has closed heritage museum Virast-e-Khalsa, Sri Anandpur Sahib for the visitors till further orders.
Disclosing this here today official spokesperson of the Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department, Punjab said that this decision has been taken as precautionary measure to prevent spreading of Corona Virus.
About Virasat-e-Khalsa
Virasat-e-Khalsa is a museum of Sikhism, located in the holy town, Anandpur Sahib, near Chandigarh, the capital of the state of Punjab, India. 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. It serves to attract tourists and pilgrims. This results in a consultation between religion and emerging need in the building environment. One side it promotes hand crafts to locals as well as nurturing a sense of heritage, besides it recalls to infinity by the volumetric interference of existing skyline is another phase of a visible Urbanism dilemma.
Visitor numbers have 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.
March,15,2020
