New Delhi, September 17 : The President of India Mr. Ram Nath Kovind has directed Sikkim Government to take action for preservation of Gurdwara Sahiban in the state. Recently Delhi MLA and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) General Secretary S. Manjinder Singh Sirsa had met him on the matter and urged him for directing state government to save the Gurdwara Sahiban.
In a communiqué sent to S. Sirsa, Mr. J.G. Subramanian Deputy Secretary of the President Mr. Ram Nath Kovind told him that the Chief Secretary of Government of Sikkim has been asked for appropriate attention in the matter. Thanking President Mr. Kovind, S. Sirsa said that he was thankful to the President for taking quick action in the matter as this was a very sensitive issue concerning the Sikh community. He said that it was a matter of faith, sentiment and emotions of the members of sikh community as the Gurdwara Sahiban were historic and directly associated with the first Sikh Guru Nanak Dev ji. He said that country was witnessing a new era of quick decision and President has taken a new initiative in this direction.
It is worth mentioning here that S. Sirsa had met President a week ago and had urged him to save Gurdwaras situated in Sikkim which are in danger of facing extinction due to action of the local authorities. He had brought to his notice that the existence of Gurdwara Gurudongmar Sahib & Gurdwara Chungthang Sahib in Sikkim are in a great danger as the office of Sub Divisional Magistrate, Chungthang, North District Sikkim had issued a letter on 01-09-2017 regarding the verification of claims made regarding encroachment and illegal construction by Chungthang Gurdwara. He had also told him that earlier Gurdwara Gurudongmar Sahib was in target where Saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and other religious scared books were forcefully evacuated by administration Sikkim Government and local people of Sarv Dharma Sthal in which Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has granted status of quo in demolition of the said Gurdwara. This unpleasant incidents hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community worldwide as these both are historical Gurdwaras and witnessed to the visit of First Sikh Guru Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in the 15th century while returning from Tibet.
S. Sirsa had also briefed history of the visit of Guru Nanak Dev ji in Sikkim where Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was requested by the Local people of Gurudongmar lake, to help them to make the frozen lake, a source of drinking water during the winter period. On the request of the local people, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji touched a part of the lake with a stick (Daang) making the lake free of snow throughout the year. A Gurdwara was constructed in the eighties to commemorate Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji's visit to the people. Later on, in the year 1997-98, an Indian Army regiment of Sikhs located at Indo-China Border after learning that the place has been visited by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, they further developed the Gurdwara Sahib at the site and since then, the affairs of the said Gurdwara Sahib were being managed by the devotees of Guru Sahiban. PR
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