Virasat-e-Khalsa

Virasat-e-Khalsa
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Virasat-e-Khalsa
Virasat-e-Khalsa
Virasat-e-Khalsa is located in Punjab
Virasat-e-Khalsa
Location within Punjab
Established13 April 1999 (1999-04-13)
LocationAnandpur Sahib, Punjab, India
Coordinates31°13′55″N 76°30′09″E / 31.23194°N 76.50250°E / 31.23194; 76.50250
TypeSikh museum
ArchitectMoshe Safdie
OwnerGovernment of Punjab
Nearest car parkOpen
Websitehttp://virasat-e-khalsa.net/

Virasat-e-Khalsa is a museum of Sikhism, located in the holy town, Anandpur Sahib of the state of Punjab, India. The museum celebrates 500 years of the Sikh history and the 300th anniversary of the birth of Khalsa, based on the scriptures written by the tenth and last human guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji. It serves to attract tourists and pilgrims. This results in a consultation between religion and emerging need in the building environment. One side it promotes hand crafts to locals as well as nurturing a sense of heritage, besides it recalls to infinity by the volumetric interference of existing skyline is another phase of a visible Urbanism dilemma.[1]

  1. ^ Sharma V.C., Vimal S. (2017) Religion Interacts with New Urbanism Holistic City Anandpur Sahib. In: Seta F., Biswas A., Khare A., Sen J. (eds) Understanding Built Environment. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore