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The golden Harmandir Sahib, the Golden Temple at Amritsar, stands in its sacred pool among pilgrims. Tradition

Sikh

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Sikhism confesses the one God revealed by Guru Nanak and the Gurus who followed him, and gathers in gurdwaras around the Guru Granth Sahib.

Organizations in This Tradition

The monumental arched gateway of the Satguru Ram Singh memorial complex at Bhaini Sahib, the Namdhari headquarters in Punjab. Organization Namdhari a Sikh tradition that continues the line of living Gurus. The Sant Nirankari Mission's bhawan at Bagha Purana in Punjab, its satsang hall behind the boundary wall. Organization Nirankari a Sikh reform movement founded in the nineteenth century. A black-and-white group portrait of turbaned members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, taken in the 1920s. Organization Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee the elected body that manages the historic gurdwaras of Punjab. Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib at night, the white gurdwara with golden domes lit against a dark sky. Organization The Khalsa Panth the body of initiated Sikhs, founded by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699. Felice Beato's 1859 photograph of the original Udasi shrine of the Sangalwala Akhara in Amritsar, a domed temple with carved arches. Organization Udasi an early ascetic order founded by the son of Guru Nanak.

Religious Art & Images

The Golden Temple and the Akal Takht across the sarovar at Amritsar, reflected in the sacred pool. Art Tradition Sikhism An aniconic theology centered on the Guru Granth Sahib, with a contested tradition of Guru portraits. The gilded Harmandir Sahib rises from the middle of the sacred pool at Amritsar, reached by a causeway crowded with pilgrims. Art Entry The Golden Temple A gilded sanctum standing in the middle of a sacred pool, reached by one causeway and entered by doors on all four sides — open to every direction and every caste. Sanctum 1588–1604; present fabric largely 19th century Inside Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Delhi, the Guru Granth Sahib rests draped and garlanded under a gilded canopy on its throne while an attendant waves the chaur whisk over it. Art Entry The Guru Granth Sahib, Enthroned The Sikh scripture is not shelved but enthroned — installed under a canopy on a raised seat, fanned with the chaur, woken each morning and put to rest each night, because it is the Guru. Compiled 1604; installed as Guru 1708

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