Overview

• Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, joined by a committee of Sikh community members, presented recommendations to the prime minister on the relics’ institutional custodianship.
• The Ministry of Culture has examined the artefacts and conducted carbon testing to inform authentication and conservation planning.
• A final decision on placement is pending, with the relics expected to be housed in a gurdwara in the national capital.
• The Puri family has safeguarded the items for more than 300 years, and after the passing of the last custodian, Jasmeet Singh Puri, his wife asked Puri to find a public home.
• The relics consist of a right shoe attributed to Guru Gobind Singh (about 11 inches by 3.5 inches) and a left shoe attributed to Mata Sahib Kaur (about 9 inches by 3 inches).