In 1920,two miniature saroops Shri Guru Granth Sahib,measuring 1 inch by 1.5 inch, which can only be read using a lens had been instated at Takht Sri Hazur Sahib and at Shri Ardaspur Sahib Gurudwara in Kalyan village.
Even as the
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) is yet to sort out the issue of
missing 267 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib from the publishing house at Gurdwara
Ramsar Sahib in Amritsar, the matter of disappearance of a rare miniature
saroop of Guru Granth Sahib from Ardaspur Gurdwara in Kalyan village of Patiala
has now taken a political turn.
The holy
scripture was covered with gold. Devotees from across the globe visited this
gurdwara to pay their obeisance. It has been learnt that the rare miniature
Shri Guru Granth Sahib had been kept in a showcase away from public view and
for the last two months no one had been allowed ‘darshan’ of the same. It was
only recently that gurdwara committee opened the showcase to find the gold
covered rare miniature Shri Guru Granth Sahib missing.
Initially, an
attempt was made to trace the rare scripture within the gurdwara premises, but
after it became clear that was no longer there, the matter was reported the
SGPC, which constituted a five-member committee to investigate the matter.
However, till date, there has been no headway in the case.
Now, SGPC chief
Govind Singh Longowal has demanded a police investigation into the matter.
While the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has planned a protest outside the office of
Patiala senior superintendent of police on Friday 7th August, leader of the
Akali splinter group, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, on Thursday visited the gurdwara
and raised several questions against SAD and the SGPC.
Dhindsa said the
disappearance of 267 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib from Amritsar was in itself a
huge issue but the SAD and the SGPC were trying to cover up the matter. He said
instead of looking within, the SAD was demanding a probe from the
administration into the disappearance of the miniature Shri Guru Granth Sahib
at Kalyan village.
Meanwhile,
Congress MLA from Samana Kaka Rajinder Singh also visited the gurdwara on
Thursday 6th July. He said it was unfortunate that one of the rare
scriptures had gone missing from a Gurdwara but what was more shocking to know
is that, for more than two months no one from the Gurdwara committee came to
know about the missing Shri Guru Granth Sahib.
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Dr.Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Prfessor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
