Virasat-e-Khalsa

Virasat-e-Khalsa is a museum located in Anandpur Sahib. The museum gives an insight to the events that took place in Punjab five hundred years ago that gave birth to Sikhism and finally the Khalsa Panth. The museum aims to illuminate the vision of the Gurus, their message of peace and brotherhood and the culture and heritage of Punjab. The museum is intended to commemorate 500 years of Sikh history and the 300th anniversary of the Khalsa, the scriptures written by the 10th and last living Guru of Sikhism, Guru Gobind Singh.After thirteen years of construction it was inaugurated on November 25, 2011 and opened to the public on November 27, 2011.

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