Never miss a great news story!
Get instant notifications from Economic Times
AllowNot now


You can switch off notifications anytime using browser settings.
SECTIONS
ET APPS
ET Android AppET iPhone AppET iPad AppET Wealth Android AppET Blackberry AppET Markets Android AppET Markets iPhone AppET Money Android App
ENGLISH
हिन्दीગુજરાતી
E-PAPER
ET PRIME
FOLLOW US
FACEBOOKTWITTERYOUTUBELINKEDINGOOGLE PLUSRSS
Business News›News›Politics and Nation›'Virasat-e-Khalsa', museum with highest footfall in India

'Virasat-e-Khalsa', museum with highest footfall in India

Highest footfall in the country

Highest footfall in the country

Built to commemorate 300 years of the founding of the 'Khalsa Panth' by the 10th Master, Guru Gobind Singh, the 'Virasat-e-Khalsa' museum in the Sikh holy town of Anandpur Sahib in Punjab has emerged as the museum with the highest footfall in the country.

1/5
BCCL
Seen by over 9.7 million visitors so far

Seen by over 9.7 million visitors so far

Just over seven years after it was inaugurated in November 2011, the museum has been seen by over 9.7 million (97 lakh) visitors so far.

On average over 5,000 visitors visit the museum daily, tourism department officials said.

2/5
BCCL
"Top-ranked museum"

"Top-ranked museum"

The 'Limca Book of Records' recently listed the 'Virasat-e-Khalsa' museum as the country's "top-ranked museum" in terms of number of visitors.

"Virasat-e-Khalsa has added another feather in its cap by becoming the top ranked museum in the country.

3/5
BCCL
Founded by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699

Founded by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699

Located close to Takht Keshgarh Sahib, the second most important Sikh shrine (after the Golden Temple complex) in Anandpur Sahib, 85 km from Chandigarh, where the Khalsa Panth -- a kind of Praetorian Guard -- was founded by Guru Gobind Singh on April 13, 1699.

Spread across 6,500-square metres, the 'Virasat-e-Khalsa' museum narrates the story of Punjab and Sikhism using hand-crafted artefacts and the latest technology in an interactive manner.

4/5
Wikipedia
The architecture

The architecture

Designed by acclaimed Israeli architect Moshe Safdie, an urban planner with a celebrated 50-year career in designing structures worldwide, the museum is a story-telling repository -- the first on this scale in the world.

"The museum has been envisioned as the world's largest cultural and historical museum dedicated to a single community.

5/5
BCCL
X
User