Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday announced to establish state-of-the-art Guru Ravidass Bani Adhiyan (Research) Centre at Ballan with a cost of Rs 50 crore, while handing over a cheque worth Rs 25 crore on the spot for the same.
“This Adhiyan Centre would go a long way to undertake extensive research and study of the bani of Guru Ravidass, the doyen of Bhakti movement, besides instrumental in propagating the teachings of Guru Ravidass in every nook and corner of the world,” said Channi, paying obeisance at Dera Sachkhand Ballan in the presence of its chief Sant Niranjan Dass.
Channi also announced the formation of Guru Ravidass Bani Adhiyan Kendra Prabandhak Committee, to be headed by Sant Niranjan Dass, to manage the overall affairs of the Centre. “The Chief Minister, Tourism Secretary and Deputy Commissioner would be the government’s representatives in the committee which would decide further course of action with respect to the development of this Centre, including the procurement of requisite land for this purpose,” he said.
Further, the Chief Minister described the Centre as a “lighthouse” for further perpetuating the ideology of Guru Ravidass so that our future generations could seek inspiration from his bani.