{"id":160918,"date":"2019-11-28T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T18:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=160918"},"modified":"2019-11-28T18:53:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T18:53:17","slug":"virasat-e-khalsa-bags-another-award-gets-listed-world-book-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/160918","title":{"rendered":"Virasat-E-Khalsa Bags another Award, gets listed in \u2018World Book of Records\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Visitor foot fall at the museum touches 10.7 million mark<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Chandigarh, Nov 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; &nbsp;Virasat-e-Khalsa, the state-of-the-art museum built by the Government <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160919 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PPNJ28112019101.jpg\" alt=\"PPNJ2811201910\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PPNJ28112019101.jpg 700w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PPNJ28112019101-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>of Punjab at Sri Anandpur Sahib, has capped an extraordinary year by touching another milestone of getting listed in annual reference book, the \u2018World Book of Records\u2019 for the record of maximum footfall of visitors in a museum in a day. Minister for Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Punjab Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi received the award from the delegates of \u2018World Book of Records\u2019 who had specially flown in to present the award at the ceremony organized here today. The museum had witnessed a footfall of 20569 visitors on 20th March 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Proclaiming this here on the twin occasion of the aforesaid record citation and Inaugural Day Celebrations of the museum being organized at Virasat-e-Khalsa, the minister said, \u201cThis is the 4th back to back award that has been bestowed on Virasat-e-Khalsa this year for the record visitor footfall; coming close on the heels of its listing in \u2018Limca Book of Records\u2019 and \u2018India Book of Records\u2019, \u2018Asia Book of Records\u2019 and award of \u2018Certificate of Excellence\u2019 by Tripadvisor.com, a travel website ranked amongst the world\u2019s largest\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe museum celebrated the double delight in collaboration with the schools &amp; colleges in its proximity and the public, by holding the multiple events like 2nd Half-Marathon, Educational Competitions, cultural programs and planting 550 saplings in its backyards and lawns under the tag \u2018550 Rukh Guru Nanak de Naam\u2019\u201d, said the minister.&nbsp; The events, spanning three days from 23rd Nov to 25th November, have been held in dedication to and supreme reverence of the Founder of Sikhism &#8211; in his 550th birth anniversary year &#8211; who had travelled extensively across all four directions to propagate the ideology of Oneness of God, spread awareness on preservation of environment and educate by reawaking consciousness of the ignorant and credulous masses, he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Virasat-e-Khalsa- conceived to commemorate the prideful 550 years of heritage and culture of Punjab and Sikhism that has evolved starting from the time of incarnation of the First Guru- was built by the state Government at Sri Anandpur Sahib and inaugurated in two Phases &#8211; in 2011 &amp; then in 2016 &#8211; each on 25th November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lavishing fulsome praise, the minister continued, \u201cThis is a momentous and fortunate occasion for the entire Tourism and Culture Department to closely witness the rise of the museum to the top, and take pride in the gratitude that the museum has played host to 10.7 million people in its short journey of 8 years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has become the foremost destination for the global cultural exchange programs such as \u2018Know Your Roots\u2019 that are undertaken by the ministry, he said. The minister elaborated how amongst its multifarious roles, the cult museum stands out to present a significant case study for its unique concept, architecture, grandeur, aesthetics, technology and infrastructure for the students and scholars of architecture &amp; design as also for organizations intending to set up such like buildings &amp; museums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWith its record making spree, the museum is primed for greater glory. We will now vie for the elusive \u2018Guinness Book of World Records\u201d, the Minister said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Prominent amongst others who were present on the occasion included Ms. Tithi Bhalla and Mr. Randeep Singh Kohli from World Book of Records,<br \/>\nBhupinder Singh Channa Manager Virasat e Khalsa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitor foot fall at the museum touches 10.7 million mark &nbsp;Chandigarh, Nov 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; &nbsp;Virasat-e-Khalsa, the state-of-the-art museum built by the Government of Punjab at Sri Anandpur Sahib, has capped an extraordinary year by touching another milestone of getting listed in annual reference book, the \u2018World Book of Records\u2019 for the record &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Virasat-E-Khalsa Bags another Award, gets listed in \u2018World Book of Records\u2019 | Punjab Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/160918\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virasat-E-Khalsa Bags another Award, gets listed in \u2018World Book of Records\u2019 | Punjab Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Visitor foot fall at the museum touches 10.7 million mark &nbsp;Chandigarh, Nov 28 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; 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