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The library was restored after the original and its collection was destroyed in Operation Blue Star. Its collection has been refilled due to community, institutional, and individual-based donations of literary works. The revived library continues in operation to the present.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pal |first=Sanchari |date=2017-09-25 |title=How The Golden Temple's Amazing Library of Rare Manuscripts Was Revived |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/116550/golden-temple-sikh-reference-library-sgpc-rare-manuscripts/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}</ref> It has amassed a collection of 24,540 books according to a 2017 estimate. Estimates for individual types of other literary works is 550 Guru Granth Sahib manuscripts, 75 Dasam Granth manuscripts, and 1,300 general manuscripts. No issued edicts (''hukamnama'') signed by the Sikh Gurus have been recollected in the revived library. Digitization work is being conducted to save the collection for posterity and to prevent a similar loss of its contents again.<ref name=":2" /> A special fumegation treatment chamber has been installed to preserve the works from insect and environmental damage.

A new building is being constructionconstructed at Bhai Gurdas Hall to rehouse the library in, as the current building in the Golden Temple complex is deemed too small to meet the needs of the growing collection. This has been opposed by some on the grounds that the original ___location is a witness to history of the events of Operation Blue Star and serves as a reminder for devotees of that episode.<ref name=":2" />

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