Even as the Khalsa tercentenary function witnessed a record turnout, apathy on the part of the state government resulted in the exhibition of the weapons, ornaments, clothing and utensils used by Guru Gobind Singh and presented to various beloved ones during his lifetime being a half-hearted affair.

As many as 127 families in the country are heir to the Guru's priceless relics and the tercentenary celebrations would have afforded lakhs of pilgrims an opportunity to see these.
While one exhibition of relics the collection of one individual, the other has limited exhibits sent by three families from their collection.

Mr Harvinder Singh Khalsa, who singlehandedly collected hundreds of items, including the Standard of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, which flew for 40 years atop the Lahore Fort, said that he went all over the country and secured the approval of more than 35 families to send their collections for the benefit of the people. When he approached the present government for help, he was told to submit a list of those who wanted to participate in the exhibition.
At the eleventh hour, only three families came forward with their collections and he had to bring a part of his collection and hold a separate show.

The largest ever display of this kind was put up by Maharaja Yadvindra Singh of Patiala in 1949, on the eve of the Sarv Hind Vidyapak Conference, he informed.

Some of his prized collections include signatures of Guru Ramdass, Guru Hargobind, Guru Har Rai, Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Teg Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh from various documents written by them, besides hand-written hukamnamas issued by Mata Sundri Ji, Mata Sahib Kaur ji and Sahib Singh Bedi.