Golden Temple

Golden Temple , is located in Amruthsar State of punjab.Sri Harmandir Sahib, is built on a 67feet square platform in the center of the Sarovar. Sri Harmandir Sahib, also known as Sri Darbar Sahib or Golden Temple, (on account of its scenic beauty and golden coating for English speaking world), is named after Hari(God) the temple of God. The Sikhs all over the world, daily wish to pay visit to Sri Amritsar and to pay obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib in their Ardas.

Sri Harmandir Sahib, is built on a 67feet square platform in the center of the Sarovar(tsnk). The Temple itself is 40.5feet square. It has a door each on the East, West, North and South. The darshani Deori (an arch) stands at the shore end of the causeway. The door frame of the arch is about 10feet in geight and 8feet 6inches in breath. The door panes are decorated with artistic style. It is opens on the causeway or bridge that leads to the main bullding of Sri Harmandir Sahib. It is 202 feet in length and 21 feet in width.

The Birdge is connected width the 13 feet wide ‘pardakshna’ (circumambulatory path). It runs round the main shrine and it leads to the ‘Har ki paure’ (steps of god). On the first floor of “Har ki paure’, there is continuous reading of Guru Granth Sahib.

The main structure of Sri Harmandir Sahib, functionally as well as technically is a three-storied one. The front, which faces the bridge, is decorated with repated cusped arches and the roof of the first floor is at the height of the 26 feet and 9 inches.

At the top of the first floor 4 feet high parapet rises on all the sides which has also four ‘Mamtees’ on the four corners and exactly on the top of the central hall of the main sanctuary rises the third story. It is a small square room and have three gates. A regular recitation of Guru Granth Sahib is also held there.

On the top of this room stands the low fluted ‘Gumbaz’ (dome) having lotus petal motif in relief at the base inverted loutus at the top which supports the ‘Kalash’ having a beautiful ‘Chhatri’ at the end.

Its architecture represents a unique harmony beetween the Musilms and the Hindus way of construction work and this is considered tge best architectural speciments of the world. It is often quoted that this architecture has created an independent sikh school of architecture in the history of art in India.

Sri Harmandir Sahib, also known as Sri Darbar Shaib or Golden Temple, (on account of its scienic beauty and golden coating for English spwaking world), is named after Hari(God) the temple of God. The Sikhs all over the world, daily wiah to pay visit to Sri Amritsar and to pay obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib in their Ardas.

Guru Arjan Sahib, the Fifth Nanak, conceived the idea of creating a central place of worship for the Sikhs and he himself designed the architecture of Sri Harmandir Sahib. Earlier the planning to excavate the holy tank(Amristar or Amrit Sarovar ) was chalked out by Guru Amardas Shaib, the third Nayak, but it was executed by Guru Ramdas Shaib under the supervision of Baba Budha ji. The land for the site was acquired by the earlier Guru Sahibs on payment or free of cost from the Zamindars of native villages.

The construction work on the Sarovar (the tank) and the town started simultaneously in 1570. The work on both projects completed in 1577 A.D. Guru Arjun Sahib got its foundation laid by a musilm saint Hazrat Main Mir Ji of Lahore on 1st of Magh, 1645 Bikrim Samvat (december, 1588). The construction work was directly supervised by Guru Arjan Sahib himself and he was assisted by the prominent sikh personalities like Baba Budha ji, Bhai Gurudas ji, Bhai Sahlo ji and many other devoted sikhs.

The building work completed in 1601 A.D. on Bhadoon Sudi 1st, 1661 Bikrim Samvat (August / september, 1604). Guru Arjan Sahib installed newly created Guru Granth Sahib in sri harmandir sahib and appointed baba budha ji as its first granthi that is the reader of Guru Granth Sahib. After this event it attained the status of ‘Ath Sath Tirath’. Now this Sikh Nation had their own Tirath, a pilgrimage center.