As Air Asi­a’s four-times-a-week flight con­nects Holy City Am­rit­sar with the gate­way to South East Asia -Kuala Lumpur, Am­rit­sar Vikas Manch ho­n­ours Har­jin­der Singh Kukre­ja’s work of be­ing a pow­er­ful in­flu­encer.

On the side­lines of the launch of the four-times-a-week Air Asi­a’s di­rect flight from Holy city Am­rit­sar to the gate­way of South East Asia -Kuala Lumpur, Sikh Twit­ter gi­ant Har­jin­der Singh Kukreja was ho­n­oured by Pun­jab Min­is­ter for Tourism Navjot Singh Sidhu and the Am­rit­sar Vikas Manch.

Through his Twit­ter fol­low­ing of 1.3 mil­lion and a reach of more than 10 mil­lion, Har­jin­der Singh Kukreja has con­stantly tweeted about the need to con­nect Am­rit­sar -the city of Har­man­dar Sahib -the Golden Tem­ple, with the rest of the world. His men­tion made Am­rit­sar one of the Forbes Best Bud­get des­ti­na­tions for 2018.

Writ­ing in the Forbes List, based on sug­ges­tions from widely trav­elled blog­gers, Alexan­dra Tatly had said, “Home to the Har­mandir Sahib, or Golden Tem­ple, Am­rit­sar is an im­por­tant spir­i­tual and pil­grim­age cen­tre of the Sikh re­li­gion.  The north-west­ern In­dian city also boasts or­nate ar­chi­tec­ture and a peek into the painful his­tory of British coloni­sa­tion.”

 “I am happy to par­take of the bless­ings of Guru Ram­das Ji -the founder of the city of God’s over­flow­ing nec­tar -Am­rit­sar.”

Spear­head­ing the pub­lic cam­paign for in­ter­na­tional con­nec­tiv­ity to Am­rit­sar, Sameep Singh Gum­tala and his team of the Am­rit­sar Vikas Manch has not only been lob­by­ing within Pun­jab and In­dia but have been trav­el­ling over­seas to en­list the sup­port of Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment, Air­lines and the pub­lic at large.  Their ef­forts have borne fruit and Am­rit­sar should see more pres­ence on the in­ter­na­tional air cir­cuit.

Speak­ing ex­clu­sively to World Sikh News af­ter re­ceiv­ing the ho­n­our in Am­rit­sar, Har­jin­der Singh Kukreja said, “I am happy to par­take of the bless­ings of Guru Ram­das Ji -the founder of the city of God’s over­flow­ing nec­tar -Am­rit­sar.”

It is in­deed an ho­n­our for the young Sikh as it is for Pun­jab. It is a well-de­served ap­pre­ci­a­tion and recog­ni­tion of his count­less tweets and so­cial ac­tivism. Un­doubt­edly, this has been pos­si­ble be­cause of the huge so­cial me­dia reach of Har­jin­der Singh which is daily in­creas­ing by leaps and bounds.

 “Am­rit­sar will emerge as the spir­i­tual cap­i­tal of the world, and I will do my best through my so­cial me­dia reach.”

Vis­i­tors to Am­rit­sar -to the Mecca and Vat­i­can of the Sikhs -the Golden Tem­ple sees a phe­nom­e­nal in­crease year af­ter year. This num­ber is not of Sikhs alone but also of thou­sands of friends of Sikhs and those who ad­mire the sim­plic­ity of the Sikh re­li­gion and the serene and spir­i­tual at­mos­phere of Dar­bar Sahib. The free com­mu­nity kitchen -Guru Ka Lan­gar feed­ing more than a hun­dred thou­sand peo­ple round the clock is yet an­other at­trac­tion.

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“Am­rit­sar will emerge as the spir­i­tual cap­i­tal of the world, and I will do my best through my so­cial me­dia reach. Sameep Singh of Am­rit­sar Vikas Manch and all those who are part of the ef­forts to pop­u­larise Am­rit­sar de­serve ku­dos for their un­stinted work. Very rarely do non-gov­ern­men­tal or­gan­i­sa­tions suc­ceed the way AMV has.” said Har­jin­der Singh Kukreja.