Description
Signed, watercolour and bodycolour
Dimensions
58cm x 103cm (23in x 40.5in)
Footnote
Note: The Golden Temple, or to give it its proper name Srti Harmandir Sahib, meaning 'Abode of God' is the holiest Gurdwara (place of worship) of the Sikh religion.
Amritsar had been founded in 1577 by the fourth Sikh guru, Guru Ram Das, but it was the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan who designed the Harmandir Sahib and upon its completion, installed the Adi Granth, the holy scripture, inside.
The temple also houses the Akal Takht throne installed by the Sixth Guru, which is the seat of God's temporal authority.
The Gurdwara was renovated in 1764 and in the early nineteenth century, Maharaja Ranjit Singh covered the upper stories with gold, giving rise to its English name.