300-year-old Gurudwara Bhai Biba Singh in Peshawar, Pakistan was reopened for the first time after India-Pakistan partition on Wednesday.
After the re-opening ceremony, the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) handed over the management to local sikhs.
Situated in Peshawar's Jogiwara locality, the 300-year-old gurdwara is considered to be an architectural masterpiece and is said to have been established at the time of the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, who died in 1708. The Express Tribune reported that in 2013, Pakistani Rs 7.5 million was spent on the renovation of this gurdwara and Rs 1 million was spent on minor repairs after the decision to reopen the gurdwara was taken.
Neglected for almost 64 years since partition, ETPB, a body corporate under Pakistan's ministry of religious affairs and inter-faith harmony, began restoring the Gurudwara in 2012.
So far only Pakistani Sikhs are allowed to visit it as it is closed to members of the community from India.
