Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Restored Statue Unveiled At Pak's Kartarpur Sahib
NDTV
The nine-foot-tall bronze statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was first installed at the Lahore Fort near his 'samadhi' in 2019. It was vandalised twice by members of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.
The restored statue of the first ruler of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, which was earlier damaged by religious extremists, was unveiled at Kartarpur Sahib on Wednesday in the presence of over 450 visiting Indian Sikhs.
Members of the Sikh community from Pakistan and India posed for a picture in front of the statue of the emperor.
Punjab's first Sikh minister (for minorities) and president of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) Ramesh Singh Arora unveiled the statue. Kartarpur Sahib is also known as Gurdwara Darbar Sahib and is situated about 150 km northeast of Lahore, close to the Indian border.
