The prestigious Jang-e-Azadi Memorial at Kartarpur has emerged as the educational and cultural hub with the number of visitors crossing 3.5-lakh-mark.

The Memorial, envisioned as the perfect tribute to the innumerable sacrifices of the freedom fighters during independence movement, is not only proving to be just that but is also emerging as an educational and cultural hub of Punjab making the people, especially the young generation, aware about the historical and cultural past, a Government spokesperson said on Sunday.

Spokesperson said that with the two phases of the Memorial being inaugurated, the second one in March 2018,  has emerged as one of the most, must visit tourist destinations on the itinerary of every visitor whose number has crossed 3,50,000 in a very short span of time.

In a new development, the third phase comprising galleries would also commence soon as the building has been completed. It would have walk-through about the Jallianwala Bagh and the Andaman Jail, said the spokesperson.

Talking about the major highlights and the USPs of the Memorial, the spokesperson said that  as soon as a visitor enters the portals of the Memorial, a feeling of having stepped into an era-gone-by immediately takes charge.

The building has galleries where a 15-minute animated movie is exhibited with the aid of 3D projection technique depicting the precious contributions made by Punjab during the various phases of the struggle for country’s independence. “The timeline of key events in the history of freedom struggle depicted with murals also lend an aura of its own kind to the memorial, said the spokesperson.

Spokesperson said that the Memorial icon, in the form of four petals taking inspiration from the phulkari textile pattern of Punjab, symbolizes the honouring of the freedom fighters’ sacrifices and paying homage to them through flowers.