AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC ) have sought the intervention of former king of Nepal Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev to get nearly 500 acres of land vacated from land grabbers and restore its possession back to Gurdwara Nanak Mutt in Kathmandu.Gyanendra was on personal visit to Golden Temple along with his family members on Thrusday.SGPC’s chief secretary, Roop Singh informed that he took up the issue of restoration of Gurdwara Nanak Mutt’s land which had been encroached upon by land grabbers back to gurdwara and use its income for gurdwara’s development.Gurdwara Nanak Mutt is situated on the banks of river Vishnumati in Kathmandu. During one of his udhasi’s (journey’s) Guru Nanak Dev had stayed in Kathmandu on way back from Tibet . The then king had given around 200 acres of land which was still on the name of Guru Nanak Dev. But now only about 4 acres of land is left with Gurdwara Nanak Math.SGPC chief secretary informed that Gayanendra had assured them to look into the matter on priority.Nanak Mutt is also called as ‘forgotten shrine of the Sikhs’. Hindu kingdom Kathmandu also boasts of a few more gurdwara’s linked to the udasi tradition who have several handwritten saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Sources in SGPC informed that there was very little which Gayanendra could do for the restoration of Gurdwara Nanak Mutt’s land since he didn’t enjoy powers after being dethroned in 2008. They further informed that the land of Gurdwara Nanak Mutt was not illegally encroached upon but was in possession of Guthi Sansthan, the custodians of religious and cultural sites in Nepal.Roop Singh informed that former king donated Rs 1 lakh, offered degh of ‘karah parshad’ and ‘rumala sahib’. He was bestowed sirup (robe of honour) in the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple and was honoured with model of Golden Temple, siropa and set of religious books at the information centre of Golden Temple.Information officer of Golden Temple, Jaswinder Singh Jassi informed that Gayanendra took keen interest in knowing the history of Golden Temple, Sikhs and their traditions especially langar while taking circumambulation.