Overview

• Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri led a committee of Sikh leaders to submit recommendations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 19 for the relics’ preservation and public viewing.
• Modi publicly welcomed the submission and described the ‘Jore Sahib’ as sacred to Sikh history and integral to India’s cultural ethos.
• The relics consist of a pair of footwear attributed to Guru Gobind Singh and Mata Sahib Kaur that the Puri family says it safeguarded for over 300 years.
• Puri said the Ministry of Culture examined the items and conducted carbon testing to help establish authenticity and inform conservation and display plans.
• A final decision on custodianship and location is pending, with a Delhi gurdwara cited as the likely venue for wider access by devotees; singer Harshdeep Kaur performed the Mool Mantra at the meeting.