Virasat-e-Khalsa tops list with highest footfall

Anandpur Sahib, February 25

Built to commemorate 300 years of the founding of the Khalsa Panth by Guru Gobind Singh, the Virasat-e-Khalsa museum in Anandpur Sahib has emerged as the museum with the highest footfall in the country.

Just over seven years after it was inaugurated in November 2011, the museum has been seen by over 97 lakh visitors so far. On average, over 5,000 visitors visit the museum daily, tourism department officials said.

The Limca Book of Records recently listed Virasat-e-Khalsa museum as the country’s “top-ranked museum” in terms of number of visitors. Spread across 6,500 square metres, the museum narrates the story of Punjab and Sikhism using hand-crafted artefacts and the latest technology in an interactive manner.

Designed by acclaimed Israeli architect Moshe Safdie, the museum is a story-telling repository — the first on this scale in the world. — IANS