More Lodging Facility Near Golden Temple On Cards; Sgpc Constructing Three Sarais Having Around 500 Rooms

[singhbj singh]

The Tribune More lodging facility near Golden Temple on cards; SGPC constructing three sarais having around 500 rooms

Perneet Singh, Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 29. Come New Year and the pilgrims visiting the holy city to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple will have more and better lodging facilities as the SGPC will be adding around 500 rooms in the form of three sarais (inns) to facilitate a comfortable stay of the devotees.

Among these inns, the first is coming up on the premises of Gurdwara Saragarhi, which is at a walking distance from the Golden Temple. Coming up at a cost of Rs 25 crore, the Sargarhi Niwas will have 238 rooms, besides halls. Its construction work is nearing completion and it is likely to be thrown open to the pilgrims in March next year.

The 10-storey building will have a capacity to accommodate 2,000 pilgrims. The inn would be equipped with amenities like basement parking, terrace garden, solar water heating system, VRV air-conditioning and rain water harvesting. It will have ultra-modern power supply system, which will save 40 per cent electricity.

The SGPC also plans to come up with another inn on the same road after shifting Guru Nanak Girls Senior Secondary School to a different location. The work on the new four-storey school building has also entered its last phase and it is likely to be shifted soon. The design of the new inn over 1,000 sq yds has been prepared. The SGPC is also planning to construct another inn at Baba Sahib Chowk.

At present, the SGPC has eight sarais (inns) in the holy city. These are Shri Guru Ram Das Niwas, Shri Guru Nanak Niwas, Shri Guru Arjan Dev Niwas, Shri Guru Hargobind Niwas, Mata Ganga Ji Niwas, Baba Deep Singh Ji Niwas, Mata Bhag Kaur Ji Niwas and NRI Niwas. These inns collectively have 800 rooms. But, not many pilgrims prefer to stay in Baba Deep Singh Ji Niwas and Mata Bhag Kaur Ji Niwas as these are a little far from the Golden Temple.

Thousands of pilgrims visit the holy shrine daily and the number goes up substantially during winter and summer vacations.

The problem of inadequate accommodation is all the more visible during special occasions like Diwali and Gurpurbs, as the devotees can be seen lying either in the waiting area of the inns or the parikarma of the Golden Temple.

Source - http://maninblue1947.wordpress.com/2013/11/30/the-tribune-more-lodging-facility-near-golden-temple-on-cards-sgpc-constructing-three-sarais-having-around-500-rooms/

[JasSinghKhalsa]

Kamri phir vi nahin milna Delhi vaaleyan nun :D

[singhbj singh]

Don't know the present status but DSGMC opened one last year

http://sikhsindia.blogspot.in/2012/06/guru-teg-bahadur-niwas-amritsar.html

Another useful site

http://www.saraibooking.com/search

[Sikhistan]

Nobody gets room that easily anywhere near darbar sahib. It's under nexus of sgpc goons. I really hate sgpc workers.

[savinderpalsingh]

kamara kise nu fir v ni milna

unless ur NRI :|

[MannatSingh]

I went to Darbar Sahib in February of this year, and the SGPC Sarai's wouldn't give me a room... they said they won't give to a guy alone.. and I was a NRI from Canada, but still they said no.

I then walked around and found Guru Gobind Guest house.. and the people were so nice, and they gave me a room and I had a window view of darbar sahib. I would recommend this place to every one visiting darbar sahib...

[singhbj singh]

Akj (Rangley Saajan Memorial Trust) building a Sarai in Amritsar

Source - http://issuu.com/akjsura/docs/sura_december_2013_edition#

[jasdeepsingh2k125]

they may make 1000 rooms but they are not gonna give anybody unless they have a safarish ... nor there is an option of online booking like sri hazur sahib ji .... in hazur sahib we can book room in both sri guru gobind singh ji yatri niwas and the rooms inside sachkhand complex online a month before.. and they just confirm Ur booking and done and also there is baba nidhan singh ji saras also ... but in harimandar sahib almost 90% (i think) sangat rest in the parkarma ....

[singhbj singh]

It's better to bring a sleeping bag and lie down in parikrama.

In fact one can open a business "rent a sleeping bag".

Take refundable security & charge appropriate rental.

No need to spend money on construction coz supply cannot meet the demand.