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Panjab
Digital Library launches in the UK
17 February 2013
PRESS RELEASE
  London,
UK. The Panjab Digital Library (PDL) launched in the UK with a permanent
installation at Europe's largest Gurdwara, Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall
(SGSSS), celebrating the Sovereign Sikh spirit under the leadership of
Banda Singh Bahadar and the resultant Khalsa Raj.
"Over the last century, Sikhs migrated to every corner of the world. To
maintain their bonds with the homeland, many took along the literary and
art heritage while others started acquiring them later. Since one of the
largest concentrations of the Sikh Diaspora resides in London, SGSSS is
proud to host the Khalsa Raj installation,” remarked Dr. Parvinder Singh
Garcha, General Secretary SGSSS.
Spanning 1708-1716, the installation covers major incidents, places,
forts and introduces newly discovered artifacts, starting from Banda's
meeting with Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. Quoting contemporary sources, it
attempts to bring to life the complete sequence of events as they
occurred till Banda's martyrdom.
"With more than seven million pages in PDL's archive, it has already
become the largest free online resource of Panjab heritage. We hope to
facilitate more Panjabis and non-Panjabis connecting with the 'land of
five rivers' and unfold its linguistic and cultural vastness to the
world", shared Davinder Pal Singh, co-founder. PDL is looking for
partners in Europe to sponsor over 90 million pages awaiting
digitization, which includes collections from Takhat Hazur Sahib and
Gadhar movement.
Jagdeep Singh, PDL's UK Coordinator, mentioned the "growing need for the
digital preservation of Panjab-related artifacts in the Diaspora. To
increase its presence and make its services available to all, PDL will
expand its reach to the UK with a pilot digitization project later in
2013."
The mission of PDL is to locate, digitize, preserve, collect and make
accessible the accumulated wisdom of the Panjab region, without
distinction as to script, language, religion, nationality, or other
human condition.
Contact: Jagdeep Singh |
Coordinator, UK
Jagdeep.Singh@PanjabDigiLib.org
| +44 (0)7808 117228
www.PanjabDigitalLibrary.org
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