AMRITSAR: The executive committee of SGPC has decided to bring to the light of the sangat, the holy saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib which was injured during the Operation Blue Star along with other relics in June 1984.
During this week of martyrdom, the holy injured saroop will be kept for sangat darshan at Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Baba Gurbakhsh Singh behind Sri Akal Takht Sahib from June 3 to 5. The bullet which had injured the saroop will also be displayed on this occasion.” Jagir Kaur said.
Saroop to be kept at Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj Baba Gurbakhsh Singh from June 3 to 5
The holy saroop (volume) of Sri Guru Granth Sahib that received the bullet injury during the brutal military attack on Sri Harmandar Sahib and Sri Akal Takht Sahib by the then Central government of Indian National Congress (INC) in June 1984 will be shown to the sangat (devotees) for paying obeisance.
This decision was taken a special meeting of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s (SGPC) executive committee (EC), under the leadership of SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur here on Wednesday.
After the meeting, while addressing the media persons , SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur said, “Sikh qaum (community) can never forget June 1984 Ghallughara (holocaust).” “It is an oozing wound that is still painful after 37 years.
The available relics associated with this holocaust will be shown to the sangat so that future generations could remember the atrocities committed on the community”, said Bibi Jagir Kaur.
Bibi Jagir Kaur said that the golden plates of Sri Harmandar Sahib and Sri Akal Takht Sahib, which were also shot upon the bullets in the blue star, would be soon kept for sangat darshan (to show to devotees). “These golden plates will be adorned in the Bhora Sahib (base) of Sri Akal Takht Sahib and arrangements will also be made to open for the visit the historic Akalsar well of the sixth King, Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib.
Very soon, the martyrs’ gallery being constructed with regards to June 1984 would also be inaugurated and a large model of the desecrated building of Sri Akal Takht Sahib would be installed here as well.
The history related to this Ghallughara will be depicted digitally here”, said Bibi Jagir Kaur. “The work to preserve the Khazana Deori (entrance on the right side of Akal Takht Sahib), which witnesses the military’s bullets, will also be started soon. Efforts will also be made to collect the details of Singhs (Sikh men), Singhanis (Sikh women) and Bhujhangis (Sikh fighters) killed during the June 1984 operation blue star ”, said Bibi Jagir Kaur.
Bibi Jagir Kaur gets emotional expressing visuals that she saw of injured saroop While talking to the media, after the meeting, SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur got emotional while expressing the visuals that she saw of the injured saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and could not hold back her tears.
Bibi Jagir Kaur said, “During the operation blue star of June 1984, the union government of that time had not only demolished Sri Akal Takht Sahib, the highest institution of the Sikh community, but also targeted the sacred-most shrine of the world, Sachkhand Sri Harmandar Sahib. Foreign invaders like Zakariya Khan and Abdali also targeted Sikhs and Sri Harmandar Sahib, but the operation blue star of June 1984 is even more painful because it was carried out by the Congress government of our own country.