CHANDIGARH: Shortly special effects computerised light will greet devotees’ who will be visiting the Golden Temple.
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal while dedicating the narration based ‘Multimedia Interpretation Centre’ inside the basement of Golden Temple Plaza constructed by the Punjab Government at a cost of Rs 223 crore said the work relating to the computerized lighting effects inside Golden Temple Complex with the aid of latest technology would be over in next ten days and the project would be dedicated to the public on ‘Maghi’.
He also said that the illumination of Golden Temple with the assistance of state of the art technology would present a beautiful and breathtaking sight.
He said this one of its kind centers in the country has four hi-tech galleries depicting the history of Sikh religion and Golden Temple. He said that the four studios of this center would run four shows of 45 minutes duration.
He also said for the time being these shows would be run for around 10 hours daily and the duration would be increased afterward.
He further said that the tourists coming from different parts of the country and abroad would be guided the Sikh history and that of Golden Temple at this center.
“The whole walled city of Amritsar will be given a heritage look and in the next three years it would become the tourist hub of the entire country,” he added.
Badal said due to the massive wave of development in Amritsar, the tourism sector here has witnessed an upswing by 60 percent during the course of previous three months which has resulted in tourists thronging the city in large numbers.
On being asked about his electoral constituency still un-declared, he said everybody knows that he would contest from which constituency and even his election offices have started operating from there, so this is a non-issue. He also added that it has been a convention that his constituency is declared in the last.