Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to import Printing Press from Germany for printing holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib ji

New Delhi, November 25, 2018: Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee will import ultra modern fully computerized offset printing press at cost of 5.94,000(five lakh ninty four thousand Euros ) approximately Rs.8 crore to print copies of Sikh holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj sahib Complex as per the Sikh religious code.

The new eco -friendly “CO2 neutral” four colour printing machine is being imported from Germany firm Heidelberg in a bid to keep pace with latest printing technology in the world.

A new 3-storeyed fully air conditioned printing press complex named as Granth Sahib Bhawan is being built in Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib complex at the cost of Around 2.5 crore for installing new printing press and construction work of the entire complex is likely to completed by April 2019.

The new machine is likely to reach in India by April 2019 and the printing of the holy Sikh holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib ji on new machine is likely to start in May 2019 said Sh Manjit Singh G.K.President Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee here today .The total project costing around 11crore has been donated by a sikh Non Resident Indian.

The work for installation of the high quality new machine is being undertaken by Baba Kashmir Singh Bhuri Wale Ji who is also assigned with the ‘kar sewa’ of the new building named as Granth Sahib Bhawan of printing press.

The two colour printing press operationalised at present will also continue its printing operations mainly for Sikh Gurmat literature(, (philosophy of the Gurus) and printing needs of various Sikh institutions like Chains of Guru Harkishan Public Schools etc. Approximately one lakh copies of holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib Ji have been published so far in present two colour printing press after it was made operationalised around 20 years back. All such copies published on special paper and ink have also been distributed among devotees so far.

Siromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committtee Amritsar and DSGMC Delhi has only exclusive and legal rights for publication of the authentic version holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib Ji worldwide. The SGPC controls all rights for the legal printing of the Granth Sahib which is now done in Amritsar and New Delhi only in entire world. The SGPC and DSGMC are the world’s largest publisher of authentic Sikh religious books and literature. The new printing press will have optimum capacity of printing ten thousand pages per day which will meet the growing demand of holy book worldwide mainly among overseas Sikh devotees. The Sikh holy scripture Guru Granth Sahib ji will be made available to Sikh devotees on subsidized rates and besides it Sikh literature like calendar, dairies etc will also be published in the new printing press to propagate the Sikhism said Sh Manjit Singh G.K., President, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee.

DSGMC is also planning to showcase common people and school students about the journey of the Shree Guru Granth Sahib Ji by organising visits to the press complex . In these tours, visitors will be educated about the process of printing the holy scripture, how errors on the pages are spotted etc. It will help in projecting the spot as new religious tourist destination in national capital which will attract both foreign as well as domestic tourists said Sh Manjit Singh G.K. President DSGMC.

The new golden offset printing press is capable of not only of good quality in minimum time but also high volume delivery.

Use of eco-friendly ultra modern machines will save time, reduce production cost and, most significantly save the environment and improve the printing quality, said Sh Manjit Singh G.K., President, DSGMC.

The 1,430-page Holy Guru Granth Sahib Ji which consists of holy verses of Sikh Gurus and 30 other saints such as Kabir, Ravidass, Namdev etc will be printed and delivered to devotees in accordance to strict adherence to the 'Reyat Maryada' (Sikh religious code of conduct), said Sh Manjit Singh G.K.President DSGMC.