Amritsar, March 6
To commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the Christchurch City Council, New Zealand, today organised a presentation on sacred trees of Sikhism by a retired civil servant and author DS Jaspal.
Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel inaugurated the event which was attended by prominent persons.
In his book, ‘Tryst with Trees — Punjab’s Sacred Heritage’, Jaspal has compiled a pictorial documentation of 59 sacred Sikh shrines in India and Pakistan named after 19 species of trees. — TNS
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