Amritsar, March 19 – As part of the maintenance sewa (voluntary service) of golden plates and minakari (inset work of painting) at Sachkhand Sri Harmandar Sahib, golden plates were refitted inside the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine today.
The sewa was handed over by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ), Birmingham, UK, which carried out the necessary repair work.
After Ardas (Sikh prayer), head granthi of Sri Harmandar Sahib Giani Jagtar Singh, SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami, SGPC members Paramjit Singh Khalsa, Bhai Rajinder Singh Mehta, Bhagwant Singh Sialka, head of GNNSJ Bhai Mohinder Singh and SGPC secretary Partap Singh arrived at Sikh shrine with golden plates and started the sewa of fitting them with devotion.
Dhami said that preservation works are done from time to time for golden plates and frescos at Sri Harmandar Sahib and accordingly the service has been assigned to Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha by the SGPC.
He said the golden plates are affected due to moisture, which are being renovated and re-fitted as before. Similarly, the work of maintaining the minakari is also being done. He said that during this sewa, the work has been done meticulously by recording video of the minakari and golden plates.
