IAF Chief joins Jore Sahib nagar kirtan

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Thursday joined the nagar kirtan at Gurdwara Moti Bagh where the holy footwear of Guru Gobind Singh and Mata Sahib Kaur were placed for the devotees to pray.

The holy relics today began their journey from Moti Bagh Gurdwara to Takth Sri Patna Sahib where these will be enshrined on October 31.

On the way the nagar kirtan will pass through four states, Delhi, Haryana, UP and Bihar, covering 1,500 kms.

The family of Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, custodians of the sacred Jore Sahib for 300 years, had handed over their care and custody to the Sikh Sangat yesterday.

The relics were given to Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee in the presence of its president Harmeet Singh Kalka and placed at the Moti Bagh Gurdwara.

Hardeep Puri himself carried the Jore Sahib to the gurdwara yesterday.

Patna is the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh.

A special committee of Sikh influencers formed earlier to determine the final home of the relics had unanimously voted for Patna Sahib Gurdwara.