Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama

Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama, a visual documentation dedicated to "Lion of Punjab"
Set up at a cost of Rs 5 crore at Ram Bagh Gardens, Maharaja's summer palace, here five years ago, the panorama has failed to attract visitors in the holy city, which is thronged by thousands of tourists round the year. Little has been done to promote the panorama which doesn't even have a signboard to indicate its presence in Ram Bagh Gardens.Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama has recreated the life of the legendary Maharaja
n Through rare pictures and mannequins, the panorama showcases the glimpses of various battles (spread over 40 years) fought by him
n It is spread over 20 kanals of land in the "protected area" of Ram Bagh, while the main structure extends over 2,500 sq metres
n The main panorama hall has around 400-foot painting of overlapping digital images joined seamlessly by a digital process depicting six major battles won by Maharaja Ranjit Singh
n The scenes depicting the birth, childhood and marriage of the Maharaja, and treaties made by him to spread the Sikh rule to Afghanistan are shown in the eight dioramas
n At the entrance to the main panorama, a visitor comes across the most-attractive Darbar-e-Khalsa (Court of Khalsa) of Ranjit Singh
n The five touch-screen computers installed in the panorama give the information about the life and history of the Maharaja