Chandigarh, April 27: Amidst the unprecedented Covid pandemic, the Punjab Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh would virtually join the people in offering ‘Ardas’ from hisresidence on the auspicious occasion of 400th Prakash Purb celebrations of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib on May 1(Saturday).
Divulging details of the day-long programme on this historicoccasion, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the Gurpurabcelebrations would begin from the residence of Tourism and Cultural AffairsMinister Charanjit Singh Channi at Morinda from 11 am with Gurmat Sangeet byBhai Gurmeet Singh Shant followed by Path Sri Anand Sahib, Ardas and Hukamnamaat the residence of the Chief Minister at 11:45 am.
Pointing out further the spokesperson said that the TourismMinister would deliver the welcome address on this momentous occasion from hisresidence at 12:05 pm to be followed by the Chief Minister’s address at 12:10pm. Thereafter, the live telecast of special Gurbani Kirtan/Gurmat Sangeetprogram on various TV channels/digital platforms would begin with GurmatSangeet by Bhai Manjit Singh Shant and Dr. Nivedita Uppal followed by Kirtan byBhai Gagandeep Singh Ganganagar Wale, Bhai Sukhjinder Singh, Bhai ArvinderSingh Noor, Bhai Tar Balbir Singh and Bhai Balwant Singh Namdhari from 12.30 pmto 7.30 pm.
It may be recalled that the executive committee led by ChiefMinister set up to oversee the historic celebrations had already decided onApril 23 to hold virtual celebrations to commence the historic 400th PrakashPurab of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib amid the uncertain situation resultingfrom the continuous surge in Covid cases.
The ChiefMinister had also appealed to the people to watch the events on TV and offer‘Ardas’ from their homes and avoid congregating at the religious places in viewof the crisis situation.