'Blessed': Hardeep Puri and RP Singh receive ‘Swaroop of Shri Guru Granth Sahib'

New Delhi, August 24: Chanting "Satnam Shri Waheguru", Union Min Hardeep Singh Puri, MoS MEA V Muraleedharan, and BJP leader RP Singh personally received 3 Swaroops of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji which were evacuated from the war-torn country Afghanistan.

 

The three Swaroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib are being taken in a procession to Guru Arjan Dev Ji Gurdwara in the New Mahavir Nagar area of Delhi.

 

 

Hardeep Singh Puri shared the visuals on social media In a tweet, he said, "Blessed to receive & pay obeisance to three holy Swaroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji from Kabul to Delhi a short while ago."President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management committee Manjinder Singh Sirsa was also present on the occasion.

 

In the visuals, Hardeep Puri was seen carrying the swaroops of the Guru Granth Sahib on his head. Puri along with MoS MEA V Muraleedharan and other officials made their way out of the plane and the Delhi airport barefooted, with the Guru Granth Sahib on their heads.

 

 

 

Sardar Dharmendra Singh, who was one of the people who brought the three swaroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib from Kabul to India, said that the Indian embassy helped them “a lot” in bringing it back.

 

The 3 Swaroops of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji were airlifted from the Afghanistan capital to Tajikistan’s Dushanbe, It was carried in a special Air Force flight that flew the evacuees from the Afghanistan capital to Tajikistan’s Dushanbe. An Air India flight with 78 passengers, including 25 Indian citizens, landed in New Delhi from Dushanbe on Tuesday. 

 

 

Sri Guru Granth Sahib is more than just a holy scripture for the followers of Sikhism. They consider it as their ‘Living Guru’ as it contains the Gurbani — the teachings of ten Gurus of Sikhism, including the founder Guru Nanak Dev.

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