Browsing Tag: Golden Temple

Travelers to the Golden Temple are astounded by what they find there.

From Guru Arjun to modern times Sikhs show determination and optimism.

Restoring the heritage of the holy city, Sri Harmandir Sahib and Jallianwala Bagh surrounding area would be made to live up to the international standards...

One of the key things Guru Gobind Singh gave us was that we are always the victor, and never the victim. He lost everything a man can lose and then he wrote the victory letter, Zafarnama. Our victory is in the battlefield of morals.

But thirty years on from Operation Blue Star, letters disclosed under the 30 year rule and detailed by the Stop Deportations website on 13 January 2014 have sent shockwaves through Sikh circles.

For devotees cherishing a special “rendezvous with god” at World’s holiest Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the wait could stretch up to 10 long years.

Prime Minister David Cameron was asked two questions on the 1984 Sikh Genocide in the House of Commons today.

The letter will cause further debate about Britain's role in the raid among the worldwide Sikh community and senior MPs across the political spectrum.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an urgent investigation into the allegations that Britain may have had a role to play in Operation Blue Star – the Indian military attack which took place in 1984 in Amritsar’s Golden Temple under PM Indira Gandhi’s command.

Documents appear to show SAS was involved in planning Indian military operation at Golden Temple in which thousands died.

The Golden Temple in India feeds a vegetarian meal to over 100,000 people a day regardless of race, religion and class

By all measures, the kitchen (called langar in Punjabi ) is one of the largest free kitchens to be run anywhere in the world.

Visiting Darbar Sahib is a mixed experience.

That is how the Guru loves his Sikhs. And that the gift he gave us may look like a book - but it's not. Not at all. It's a portal, it's a Stargate. It's an opening into another dimension.

The aerial view of the domes, will reveal the design of a lotus flower. Lotus blooms in a dirty pond, signifying the need to live in an elevated consciousness by rising above the day to day worldly issues of life.

Kirat was playing tabla before he came to MPA last year, but he never got serious about his practice until he was at MPA. This year Kirat earned the opportunity to play tabla along with the Cherdi Kala Jetha inside the Golden Temple....

The Sikh clergy here on Wednesday failed to resolve the controversy over militant preacher Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale’s name inscribed on the Operation Bluestar memorial and the signboard in the ‘parkarma’ of the Golden Temple complex.

My prayer for all our community is that everyone be blessed to visit Sach Khand of Sri Darbar Sahib at least once in this life.

February 20th was a very auspicious occasion - David Cameron became the first sitting British Prime Minister to visit Sri Harimandir Sahib.

In each of several small rooms within The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, which is equally accessible to all people, the 11th Guru projects out. From the Sikh standpoint, this is the center of the world, the soul of our existence; it gives reason and meaning to what we do with our time on Earth.

Murdered Satwant Singh was posthumously honored at Golden Temple. He was shot dead on 5 Aug 2012 during a mass shooting at Oak Creek Sikh shrine in Wisconsin, USA. Singh was one of the founding members of the shrine.

When I praised his determination, he said, "I do not deserve any praise; it is Guru Ram Das who brings me here everyday"

My Diwali started early. By 6 a.m., I was plunging in the cold sarovar of the Harimandir Sahib. The sky was gray and the November fogs of Amritsar were beginning to disperse, making way for the hazy autumn sun.

Part of me is optimistic about the state of the Golden Temple. Not to be overly revisionist or reductionist in my opinion on the place, I like to remind myself that politics, ideology, and the like have always been at work in the world of the Harimandir Sahib.

Capturing the timeless spirituality and beauty of the Golden Temple through the centuries is The Golden Temple of Amritsar, Reflections of the Past (1808-1959), which was released at the Capitol Book Depot on Friday evening. The 303-page coffee table book has been put together by Amandeep Singh Madra and his co-author Parmjit Singh.

Guru Ram Das began his life as a humble orphan named Jetha. He used to sell wheat berries in the street near the home of the third Sikh Master, Guru Amar Das. One day, Guru Amar Das called the boy into see him. He saw the spirit of Jetha, his Light, his humility, service and love.

Although he died at the age of nine, he was honoured with the title of Baba, a grand old man, for the extraordinary powers he had displayed. The present nine-storey building represents the nine years of Baba Atal's life.

The din of ringing cell phones in the Sikh's holiest of holy shrine Golden Temple has made Sikh's apex body (SGPC) to mull over installing jammers in the Golden Temple complex to prevent the jarring mobile phone ring tones from ringing which disturb the concentration of fellow devotees and the sanctity of religious place.

This short documentary tells the story of Operation Bluestar in an impartial and objective way in the context of the history surrounding it .

Operation Bluestar memorial will come up near Gurdwara Thara Sahib inside Darbar Sahib Complex