Overview
- Nagar kirtans from Srinagar, Faridkot, Talwandi Sabo and Gurdaspur reached Sri Anandpur Sahib, drawing thousands of devotees for the three-day observance.
- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal joined prayers and a Sarb Dharam Sammelan, urging people to uphold the Guru’s ideals of religious freedom and humanism.
- Mann inaugurated a new gallery on Guru Tegh Bahadur’s life at Virasat-e-Khalsa, featuring dioramas, artifacts and themed sections from early life to martyrdom.
- Police activated an integrated command centre fed by 300 AI-enabled CCTV cameras, 25 ANPR cameras and seven drone teams, with 25 micro-security sectors and IIT-Ropar mapping for live traffic management.
- Logistics include shuttle services, two tent cities for nearly 10,000 pilgrims, round-the-clock medical camps reporting 5,000 vision checks with 2,000 spectacles and 39 cataract surgeries, plus over 8,000 police personnel; events continue through November 25 with a special Vidhan Sabha session, martial-arts displays and drone shows, while related commemorations run nationwide through November 30.