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Hardeep Singh Puri, Sikh leaders submit recommendations to PM Modi for the safekeeping and display of the sacred ‘Jore Sahib’, relics of Guru Gobind Singh and Mata Sahib Kaur.
PM Narendra Modi with Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and other prominent leaders of the Sikh community. (Hardeep Puri/X)
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, along with a committee of prominent members from the Sikh community, on Friday submitted recommendations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the safekeeping and dignified public display of the revered Sikh relic, ‘Jore Sahib,’ a pair of footwear attributed to Guru Gobind Singh and Mata Sahib Kaur.
In a post on X, Puri said: “Alongwith with a committee of several eminent and well known members of the Sikh Sangat, I was deeply privileged to call on Hon’ble PM @narendramodi Ji to submit the recommendations of the committee for the safekeeping and befitting display of holy ‘Jore Sahib’, belonging to the founder of Khalsa Panth, Dasam Pita Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj and his wife Mata Sahib Kaur Ji.”
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The ‘Jore Sahib’ are a footwear each of Guru Gobind Singh (right foot 11″ by 3½”) and his revered wife Mata Sahib Kaur (left foot 9″ by 3″), he said.
He further said that the sacred footwear, to be over 300 years old, had been preserved and safeguarded by the Puri family for generations.
“With utmost humility and reverence, I had the holy relics carefully examined by the Ministry of Culture. Carbon testing has also been done to establish their authenticity and supreme religious and spiritual importance,” the minister said.
He said that after a discussion the committee has “presented a report for a decision befitting the holy ‘Jore Sahib’ to PM Modi Ji who has always expressed respect towards teachings of our Guru Sahibs and affection towards members of the Sikh Sangat”.
In response, PM Modi welcomed the gesture and said in a post on X: “I was very happy to receive the distinguished and accomplished members of the Sikh delegation who handed over their recommendations with regard to the safekeeping and befitting display of the immensely sacred and invaluable holy ‘Jore Sahib’ of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Mata Sahib Kaur Ji.”
“Holy relics as significant and spiritually important as the ‘Jore Sahib’ are as much a part of the glorious Sikh history, as they are of the cultural ethos of our nation,” he added.
September 19, 2025, 15:54 IST
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