It is believed that Rama and Sita have spent their fourteen times in exile at Amritsar. The spot was a lake and was girdled by thick timbers. The epic, Ramayana was written at this place by Sage Valmiki.
Other than Rama and Sita , records show that Lord Buddha stayed at the sacred point of the Golden Temple for relatively eventually. Buddha was impressed with the place and declared the point as an ideal contemplation ground for Sadhus and Saints.
A notorious Muslim from Pakistan by the name Sufi Saint Mian Mir came down to laid the foundation gravestone of the auspicious Golden Temple. This was a signal to others faith that this sacred Gurdwara is open to all faiths. There are four entrances to the temple which shows its openness to all addicts irrespective of estate, creed and religion.
The sanctification by the three Saints with their contemplation make the place notorious and flourish growth toward religion and passage each over the globe as people of all faiths visit and meditate then.
The important factors played by the saints Ram das similar as 4th practitioner Ji, Guru Arjan dev ji the 5th practitioner and baba Budha sahib ji toward the construction of Harmandir Sahib(Golden Temple) was the main believe that the godly saints bring the timber bless since they were holy and sought God help in the construction of Golden Temple. The last person to covered the upper bottom of the Gurdwara with 750kg of gold was Maharaja Ranjit Singh and how its was name “The Golden Temple”.
The involvement of saints at the place and the work of Golden Temple, believe by numerous that make Golden Temple the Holies tabernacles, passage and tourism place for Sikh and callers.
THE BEAUTY DATA ABOUT GOLDEN TEMPLE
Harmandir Sahib(Golden Temple) has four entrance from the four direction. These entrances indicate that anyone from any Creeds or religion is welcome to visit this place of deification.
The unique of the sanctum is that the foundation gravestone was laid by a Muslim of Pakistan Sai Hazrat Mian Mir, a Sufi saint.
The British during the first World War performed prayer at this sanctum seeking for palm.
It’s consider the biggest langar in the world, feeding about one million people daily. This figure doubles during jubilee occasions. Its have around 3 million callers in a Month.
It’s believe that the water body of the Golden Temple got healing power depend on one’s trust.
The land for the sanctum was given by Mughal Emperor Akbar which was verified by original legends.
GOLDEN TEMPLE HAVE HANDSOME STYLE OF ARMATURE.
The study on the art and architectural of Golden Temple by art chroniclers, scholars and critics believe its correspond a admixture of Indian and Muslim design’ Indeed published by the Punjab Government in 1875, the design of the tabernacle, as reconstructed by Ranjit Singh was espoused from the sanctum of Saint Mian Mir, near Lahore. One writer wrote in 1882 as a Handsome style of Architecture”.
The architectural prototype of the Golden Temple came into being as idea combining the dharamshala and the tank imaged by Guru Arjan, the son and successor of Guru Ram Das. Rather of erecting the tabernacle on a high plinth in the Hindu style, Guru Arjan had it erected in a depression so that worshippers had to go down the steps in order to enter it.
The main structure rise from the centre of the sacred pool, 150 measures square, approached by a causeway about 60 measures long. An arch way on the western side of the pool opens on to the causeway, framed with banisters of fretted marble and at close intervals, there are standard lights, their great lanterns set upon marble columns. The 52 measures square grounded Hari Mandir, to which the causeway leads, stand on a 20 measures square platform. Its lower corridor are of white marble, but the upper corridor are covered with plate bejewelled bobby.
In the interior, on the ground bottom, is the Guru Granth Sahib, placed under a gorgeous canopy, speckled with jewels. On the alternate is a pavilion known as shish Mahal or mirror Room, so designed as to have a square opening in the centre to view from there the ground floor, with the further provision of a narrow circumambulatory around the square opening. Such was the plan and design by gurus that now Golden Temple architecture is one of the best in the world.
SIKHS SENSITIVITY TOWARD GOLDEN TEMPLE
It is believe from the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh time to this day that who ever attack and destroyed Golden Temple the Sikhs would not be spare them. The Sikhs are are vertably spiritual, emotional and faithful toward their belief in religious matter and who ever touch on religious structure of the Sikhs would be wipe out.
What be to General Dyer, who order the butchery at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 in Amritsar. He was shot dead by Udham Singh in 1927 for killing the Sikhs in Amristar at Jallianwala Bagh near to Golden Temple. The same be to Indira Gandhi who order the attack on Golden Temple in 1984 and was shot dead by her own Sikhs bodyguards .
GOLDEN TEMPLE WILL BE ONLY ONE.
There were news that the Sikhs intend to erected another Golden Temple in foreign soil but was rejected because they believe there cannot be other one beside Golden Temple just like, there will noway be other Taj Mahal.
By: Laban Singh
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