Guru Nanak Dev Multimedia Sikh Museum

Guru Nanak Dev Multimedia Sikh Museum situated at Sultanpur Lodhi is a one-stop platform to know Sikhism. Sultanpur Lodhi is a historical place in Kapurthala district of Punjab and is related to the First Guru, Guru Nanak Dev.

Located on the banks of the Kali Bein, a holy rivulet sanctified by the touch of Guru Nanak Dev ji, it was setup last month under the guidance of World Renowned Environmentalist, Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal. There is no entry fee to watch this museum.

This is the fifth such museum in the world. It took two years to establish it. Created by Canada-based Sikh scholar Dr Raghbir Singh Bains, it has thousands of pages of text, tones of graphics, audio, video and animations on Sikhism authored and compiled by him over a period of 26 years. Equipped with four made-to-order 22 inch touch-screens and 2 LCD TVs, the museum has nine paintings depicting different incidents from the life of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

The captions about these pictures can be read and listened by touching audio buttons in Punjabi, English and Hindi languages. Special arrangements have also been made for physically challenged visitors to enjoy the contents of the museum. The computerized setup in the museum has a material to last up to 400 hours. This includes thousands of subjects on Sikhism, Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Gurmukhi and English, Kirtan in 31 Ragas, information on life history of Sikh Gurus, Gurdwaras of the world, Sikh encyclopaedia for adults and children both, thousands of questions and answers on Sikhism and other religions, animated Sikh Ardas and series on Sikh martyrs and much more.

A special section to curb the menace of drugs, HIV-AIDS and other social evils has also been created here. Before this multimedia Sikh museum, Dr. Bains had set up four such museums at Khadur Sahib Gurdwara in Tarn Taran district, at Model Town Gurdwara in Jalandhar, at Mississauga (Ontario) in Canada and in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. "According to Dr. Bains, the objective of his project is to educate the youth about Sikhism, its golden principals to spread message of peace and prosperity, universal brotherhood, well being of entire human race and to help humans to lead a generous and truthful life to serve the humanity in a better way".

So next time, if you happen to visit Sultanpur Lodhi, do stop over to experience this treasure trove By: Rajesh Chander Bali, AIR Correspondent, Jalandhar :

Rajesh Chander Bali, AIR Correspondent, Jalandhar.