CAPT VISITS PATNA SAHIB GURDWARA
CHANDIGARH: Chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday visited the Takht Patna Sahib gurdwara to pay obeisance on the occasion of birth anniversary of 10th Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh.
The CM was welcomed by members of the Patna Sahib Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Inside the sanctum sanctorum, Takht Patna Sahib jathedar Giani Iqbal Singh honoured Amarinder with a “siropa”, “kirpan” and a shawl.
Interacting with the media, Amarinder said three train loads of devotees from Punjab would also be arriving at the historic gurdwara to take part in the concluding ceremony of the 350th birth anniversary of the Guru.
The CM said he would attend the celebrations on the historic day at Anandpur Sahib.
Amarinder also welcomed the decision of political parties in Punjab to cancel their conferences at the Shaheedi Jor Mela in Fatehgarh Sahib.
INVITES NITISH FOR HOLA MOHALLA
Amarinder also met his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and invited him for the state-level Hola Mohalla celebrations to mark the beginning of the Sikh New Year in 2018.
During a brief meeting, which a spokesperson described as a courtesy call, Amarinder informed Nitish that he had decided to send a team from Punjabi University, Patiala, where a chair has been established in the name of Guru Gobind Singh, to the Guru’s birthplace in Patna for research.
He also congratulated Nitish for elaborate arrangements made for devotees converging at Patna Sahib from around the world. Amarinder apprised the Nitish about the arrangements made by his government to mark the historic occasion.
Besides organising a series of special programmes, culminating in a mega event at Anandpur Sahib on December 24, the Punjab government has also arranged three special trains to ferry pilgrims from Patiala, Amritsar and Bathinda to Patna, he said, adding that the trains were flagged off this morning and would leave on the return journey to Punjab on December 26.