It is disheartening that the present Sikh leadership or the Sikh representatives from SGPC, DSGMC, OSPB and GSS Bhubaneshwar have not taken the trouble to share the glorious history of the Sikh heritage in Puri and Odisha with the Sikh population in that state and beyond. The Guru’s heritage and the marks of Sikh history in Bangladesh have still to be touched, not to speak of thousands of places in Western and Eastern India. Apart from the recent focus on Sikh Gurdwaras and institutions in Pakistan, the Sikhs and their bodies, especially the SGPC will have to shoulder the full blame for ignoring this aspect of the Sikh heritage for a long time. T HE SIKHS HAVE BEEN GROSSLY NEGLIGENT IN PROTECTION and preservation of its glorious heritage, not only in homeland Punjab but across the rest of India too. This first part is an overview of the investigative analysis -chronicling the history, legend and contemporary fiction about Gurdwara Aarti Sahib. In a four-part investigative report and analysis, WSN reports how Sikh premier bodies have colluded with vested interests and how the whole campaign to save the heritage site of this place -Mangu Mutt, was earlier sabotaged but SGPC and other bodies who are now hyperactive. WSN INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: World Sikh News editor Jagmohan Singh has been actively associated with social activists, conservation campaigners and political personalities to focus attention on Gurdwara Aarti Sahib in Puri, which has been on the verge of destruction and oblivion.
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