Makkar - No Pictures Or Names In Sikh Memorial

[osingh]

According to indian express there will be no pictures in Sikh Memorial: http://www.indianexp...-makkar/975962/

“The memorial will be dedicated to the martyrs of Operation Bluestar. These include a large number of Sikh devotees who had gathered in Golden Temple to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev. There will be Prakash of Guru Granth Sahib in the gurdwara and hence, no pictures will be put in the memorial nor any names be mentioned,” SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar said.

Why are they making another Gurdwara in Darbar Sahib? No pictures and no names of the shaheeds of our panth?

This is just wrong and makes no sense. This is why so many people are opposing the Sikh Memorial theory are not anti-panthic. We just want to honour the Shaheeds of 1984 in the best possible way.

The Sikh Memorial should have pictures of the Shaheeds and the name off every shaheed. It should be large museum in which one can feel the pain and learn about the massacre carried out by the Indian Govt.

A Gurdwara with no pictures of shaheed or names cannot achieve this.

[chatanga]

“The memorial will be dedicated to the martyrs of Operation Bluestar. These include a large number of Sikh devotees who had gathered in Golden Temple to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev. There will be Prakash of Guru Granth Sahib in the gurdwara and hence, no pictures will be put in the memorial nor any names be mentioned,” SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar said.

if parkash of Guru Granth Sahib is there, then as per norm there should not be any pictures there, but there are pictures in the Sikh mUseum there.

[osingh]

Which museum are you taking about? The one already at Darbar Sahib. I have seen this, it just contains pictures of various Gursikhs. Noone can learn about 1984 from this current gallery.

This is supposed to be a memorial dedicated to the Shaheed of 1984. What can the future generations learn from a Gurdwara. This Sikh Memorial should contain pictures of shaheeds with information about how they attained shaheedi as well other information regarding the dharam yudh morcha and atrocities committed by Indian Govt. One should be able to learn what happened during 1984.

We do not require another Gurdwara inside Darbar Sahib, there are multiple saroops parkashed in Darbar Sahib we need a museum that can tell future generations the truth about 1984 and bravery of the Sikh Shaheeds.

[Jonny101]

if parkash of Guru Granth Sahib is there, then as per norm there should not be any pictures there, but there are pictures in the Sikh mUseum there.

Didn't many puraatan Gurdwaras have frescoes? If no pictures, then why not have frescoes depicting in what happened in 1984? Somehow, the visitors must know what happened in 1984.

[chatanga]

Good point, frescoes were regular in historical Gurdwaras, but they also seem to have died out. I personally think that there should be some kind of visual representation there, so people can see what happened, but there should also be literature there as well.

Dal Khalsa brought out a Shaheedi Directory of all the Kharku Sikhs that became Shaheed in bleustar, that should deffo be available for wider sangat who visit.

[chatanga]

Which museum are you taking about? The one already at Darbar Sahib. I have seen this, it just contains pictures of various Gursikhs. Noone can learn about 1984 from this current gallery.

This is supposed to be a memorial dedicated to the Shaheed of 1984. What can the future generations learn from a Gurdwara. This Sikh Memorial should contain pictures of shaheeds with information about how they attained shaheedi as well other information regarding the dharam yudh morcha and atrocities committed by Indian Govt. One should be able to learn what happened during 1984.

We do not require another Gurdwara inside Darbar Sahib, there are multiple saroops parkashed in Darbar Sahib we need a museum that can tell future generations the truth about 1984 and bravery of the Sikh Shaheeds.

Yes the Gallery is the one im talking about. if makkar wont allow it to happen now, then hopefully in the future, when more panthic sikhs are in control of sgpc, then it could happen. makkar was dead set against any memorial in the 1st place.

You have said that" One should be able to learn what happened during 1984."

This is a good point but i feel that even SIkhs today dont know about what happened, there are so many young Sikhs who dont know much about this, except "there was a fight..."

We should be talking more about 84 in all gurdwaras, and not just rely on people visiting Sri HariMandir to visit the memorial and get clued up fully on it.

I mean for the 1st time since 2004, our gurdwara did a stage program about bluestar this year.

[singh135]

Yes the Gallery is the one im talking about. if makkar wont allow it to happen now, then hopefully in the future, when more panthic sikhs are in control of sgpc, then it could happen. makkar was dead set against any memorial in the 1st place.

You have said that" One should be able to learn what happened during 1984."

This is a good point but i feel that even SIkhs today dont know about what happened, there are so many young Sikhs who dont know much about this, except "there was a fight..."

We should be talking more about 84 in all gurdwaras, and not just rely on people visiting Sri HariMandir to visit the memorial and get clued up fully on it.

I mean for the 1st time since 2004, our gurdwara did a stage program about bluestar this year.

Bhaji...The point is if even on the very spot where it happened they are trying to make youngsters forget its memory (but not allowing photos, etc in the memorial), then what foundation is set to teach youngsters thousands of miles away?!