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Golden Temple
Q.What is the Golden Temple?
The Golden Temple, also known as Sri Darbar Sahib and Sri Harmandir Sahib, is located in the Indian city of Amritsar in India. The temple is the principal place of worship for the Sikh people, allowing equal entry to all casts, creeds, and races. The temple is part of a larger complex organized around an artificial pond, or sarovar, on which it appears to float, connected by a long causeway to the surrounding structures. The Golden Temple of India's more formal name, Harmandir, comes from the combination of its architect, Guru Arjan Sahib, with "Hari" or "god" and "mandre," meaning "house." As it is alternately called Darbar, meaning "assembly hall," The original structure was built in the late 1500s. However, it was reconstructed after damage from Afghan invaders, with its surface covered in gilt and gold foil. This covering has granted it its more general name, the Golden Temple.
Q.Where is the Darbar Sahib?
The Darbar Sahib Amritsar, the holy city of the Sikh people, is located in the state of Punjab in northwestern India. The complex of the Golden Temple includes the surrounding sarovar known as Amrita Saras, or "the Pool of Nectar," whose waters are often bathed in by pilgrims before entering the temple. The waters of the Sarovar are also believed to hold magical and healing powers. Other buildings in the complex include a food hall that serves pilgrims and the Akal Takht, an administrative and political building of the Sikhs.
The Golden Temple was designed and constructed in the last decade of the 1500s. It was commissioned, designed, and named after Guru Arjan Sahib. The land for the temple was purchased from surrounding villages, which was completed in 1577 after seven years of construction. It opened to the public in 1604 as a place of pilgrimage and worship.
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Facts:-
•The land where the temple was eventually built has a long history as a holy piece of land. It was believed to have hosted the Lord Buddha himself when the area was surrounded by forest, who declared the spot as a holy place for meditation.
•The site later occupied by the Golden Temple was rumored to have been where Sage Valmiki wrote the Ramayana around 300 B.C., a mammoth epic written in Sanskrit and one of the most famous and significant Indian works of literature.
•The Sarovar waters are not the only element to have supposed magical and healing powers at the Golden Temple. An ancient Beri tree at the northwest end of the surrounding walkway is also believed to have magical powers and is often visited by the public.
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The Golden Temple, also known as Sri Darbar Sahib and Sri Harmandir Sahib, is located in the Indian city of Amritsar in India. The temple is the principal place of worship for the Sikh people, allowing equal entry to all casts, creeds, and races. The temple is part of a larger complex organized around an artificial pond, or sarovar, on which it appears to float, connected by a long causeway to the surrounding structures. The Golden Temple of India's more formal name, Harmandir, comes from the combination of its architect, Guru Arjan Sahib, with "Hari" or "god" and "mandre," meaning "house." As it is alternately called Darbar, meaning "assembly hall," The original structure was built in the late 1500s. However, it was reconstructed after damage from Afghan invaders, with its surface covered in gilt and gold foil. This covering has granted it its more general name, the Golden Temple.
Q.Where is the Darbar Sahib?
The Darbar Sahib Amritsar, the holy city of the Sikh people, is located in the state of Punjab in northwestern India. The complex of the Golden Temple includes the surrounding sarovar known as Amrita Saras, or "the Pool of Nectar," whose waters are often bathed in by pilgrims before entering the temple. The waters of the Sarovar are also believed to hold magical and healing powers. Other buildings in the complex include a food hall that serves pilgrims and the Akal Takht, an administrative and political building of the Sikhs.
The Golden Temple was designed and constructed in the last decade of the 1500s. It was commissioned, designed, and named after Guru Arjan Sahib. The land for the temple was purchased from surrounding villages, which was completed in 1577 after seven years of construction. It opened to the public in 1604 as a place of pilgrimage and worship.
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Facts:-
•The land where the temple was eventually built has a long history as a holy piece of land. It was believed to have hosted the Lord Buddha himself when the area was surrounded by forest, who declared the spot as a holy place for meditation.
•The site later occupied by the Golden Temple was rumored to have been where Sage Valmiki wrote the Ramayana around 300 B.C., a mammoth epic written in Sanskrit and one of the most famous and significant Indian works of literature.
•The Sarovar waters are not the only element to have supposed magical and healing powers at the Golden Temple. An ancient Beri tree at the northwest end of the surrounding walkway is also believed to have magical powers and is often visited by the public.
© SALONI
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