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Now, listen to live kirtan from
Harmandar Sahib, read its meaning too
 AMRITSAR:
Millions of people across the world who watch `kirtan' from
Harmandar Sahib on their TV sets will soon be able to simultaneously
understand the `shabads' being recited in both Punjabi and English.
The SGPC is
holding trials of the software for the proposed service, which is
already in use in gurdwaras abroad.
Yet another plan
of the SGPC to telecast the `kirtan' live on its official website,
www.sgpc.net, reportedly faces resistance from PTC channel, which
has been given exclusive rights for the direct telecast of `kirtan'
from Harmandar Sahib every morning and evening.
It is widely
known that PTC is playing proxy for the Akali Dal and is under the
infleunce of Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Nevertheless,
the SGPC is actively pursuing its plan to make `kirtan' available on
FM radio. Official sources said the proposal was being taken up with
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni.
SGPC secretary
Dilmegh Singh said the committee had arranged an AC Volvo bus free
of cost for pilgrims.
The bus will ply
between the Rajasansi international airport and Harmandar Sahib.
It will have an
LCD to impart information regarding Harmandar Sahib during the 15-km
run.
Two touch
screens have been put up in Guru Arjan Dev Niwas and Mata Ganga Ji
Serai to provide religious information to pilgrims in Punjabi, Hindi
and English.
Two freezing
machines have been installed at the hitech `langar' hall at
Harmandar Sahib to store milk, apart from two automatic cleaning
machines.
The SGPC has
also hired the services of
Guru
Nanak Dev
University experts for the landscaping of an unutilised chunk of
land between `langar' hall and Diwan Manji Sahib Hall in the
Harmandar Sahib complex.
With an aim of
modernising its task force, the SGPC has recruited 50 baptised Sikhs
with a minimum qualification of 10+2 and a minimum height of 5'-8".
The batch is
being sent to the Punjab Police training centre in Jehan Kehlan.
The SGPC has
decided to set up another `serai' at a cost of Rs 5.80 crore over
1,600 sq ft of land it had recently cleared of encroachment. It is
also planning to arrange a biometric machine to mark the attendance
of its employees.
12
August 2009
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