Golden Temple not to accept demonetised notes

Amritsar, Nov 10 : The authorities at the Golden Temple here announced on Thursday that they would not accept demonetised currency notes from devotees. Over 1,00,000 devotees visit the Golden Temple every day and the cash offerings run into lakhs of rupees."We have instructed our employees not to accept demonetised currency notes at the prasad and offering counters," a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) official told.He said they cannot stop the devotees of offering the banned currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 at the golak or chest.He said all SGPC-run institutes in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal have been instructed to deposit old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on priority with the respective banks.