Sikhpoint Calendar
2010
CRCI
Gurmeet S. Rai
The 2010 Sikhpoint Calendar is the CRCI year: the Cultural Resource Conservation Initiative, set up in 1995 by Delhi conservation architect Gurmeet S. Rai. CRCI treats heritage as a way into development, not a side project. A UNESCO-UNDP project in Kishankot and Sri Hargobindpur won UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Heritage Award.
CRCI later prepared the Management Plan for Red Fort, declared a World Heritage Site afterwards, and worked on Punjab heritage tourism and Amritsar as a mega tourism destination. Historian Geoffrey C. Ward wrote that the team deserves support from anyone who believes Sikh architectural heritage must be kept for the next generation.
Months include Raja Hamir Singh's samadhi in Nabha, Duladhi Gate, Guru Ki Maseet in Sri Hargobindpur (a mosque built by Guru Hargobind, cared for by Nihang Singhs), Rambagh Garden and Gate, Gobindgarh Fort, and the Ramgarhia Bunga at Sri Harimandir Sahib.
Months
Introduction
January
Raja Hamir Singh Samadhi, Nabha District Patiala
February
Duladhi Gate, Nabha, District Patiala
March
Guru Ki Maseet, Sri Hargobindpur, District Gurdaspur
April
Guru Ki Maseet, Sri Hargobindpur, District Gurdaspur
May
Historic building conservation Summer Palace, Rambagh Garden, Amritsar, District Amritsar
June
Garden conservation Summer Palace, Rambagh Garden, Amritsar, District Amritsar
July
Rambagh Gate, Amritsar, District Amritsar
August
Gobindgarh Fort, Amritsar, District Amritsar
September
Ramgarhia Bunga, Sri Harimandir Complex, Amritsar, District Amritsar
October
Baba Atal, Sri Harimandir Complex, Amritsar, District Amritsar
November
Krishna Temple, Village Kishankot, District Gurdaspur
December
Anglo Sikh Battle Site, Village Mudki, District Faridkot
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