In a move that could break the sole rights vested with the Badals-owned PTC Channel to broadcast Gurbani shabad kirtan from the Golden Temple-Amritsar, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that the State Government would undertake all expenditure needed by the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to ensure wider dissemination of Gurbani across the globe from different mediums, including YouTube, mobile apps, etc.
Urging the gurdwara management body to allow the State Government to install the advanced broadcast or communication technologies at Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, Mann said that the Punjab Government can provide all possible help in disseminating the ‘Sarb Sanji Gurbani’ across the globe with an aim to spread the universal message of ‘Sarbat da Bhala’ (welfare of all).
“This endeavour would go a long way in offering an opportunity to the Sangat to listen the blissful Gurbani besides having glimpse (darshan didar) of Sachkhand Sri Harmandar Sahib...We are ready to discharge any duty assigned by the SGPC in this behalf,” he said.
Mann, in a video message, said that it was the need of the hour to propagate the message of Gurbani in every nook and corner of the world. He appealed to the SGPC to relay Gurbani Kirtan from Sachkhand Sri Darbar Sahib on various communication platforms including Satellite TV, Radio, FM, social media, and mobile apps instead of limiting its reach to a single medium.
“We will provide the latest infrastructure or technology in this regard at Sri Darbar Sahib, including latest cameras and broadcasting equipments, to relay the gurbani kirtan through other digital platforms like YouTube, mobile apps, religious channels or any other channel which intend to telecast the same instead of relaying it only from one medium so as to enhance its reach across the world,” said the Chief Minister while adding that Punjab Government is ready to bear the expenditure for the same.