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AKAL TAKHAT |
The magnificient building facing Darshani Deori is called AKAL TAKHT. As the seat of Temporal Authority, it came during the reign of the sixth Guru Sri Hargobing Ji. Its foundation stone was laid on 15th June 1606. Actually the growing hostility of the mughals gave a martial tone to the followers of the religion and all the related matters came here for a final hearing. Till today it is considered the supreme authority in all regious matters.
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TOWER OF BABA ATAL |
Gurudwara Baba Atal Sahib, an octogonal tower of 45 mtr. height stands tall on the outskirts of the Golden Temple. It is named after the minor son of Sri Hargobing Ji. Baba Atal sacrificed his own life in the exchange of his friends and gurudwara wa founded in 1770. The beautiful morals on the walls just add to the grandeuer and spirituality of the place.
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SUMMER PALACE |
The state of Punjab was at its zenith both in spirituality and prosperity during Maharaja Ranjit Singh's regime. A number of palaces, Gurudwaras and temples stand testimony of that Golden era. Rambagh Garden or Company Bagh founded on the lines of Shalimar Bagh was namde after Guru Shri RamDas Ji, the founder of the city of Amritsar. With greeneries all around, Maharaja Ranjit Singh had his summer palace within. Although a major portion of the palace fell to ruins with the passage of the time, the darshani deori still reminds as the oppulence and the architectural excellence of the contemporary Punjab.
Now Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panaroma has come up on its place with rare collections of paintings, arms and weapons, coins which throw sufficient light on the social and political diaspora of that intervening period.
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GOINDWAL SAHIB |
Considered to be the first pilgrimage site of the Sikhs, the Gurudwara Goindwal Sahib came up alongside the Baoli(well) with 84 steps. The baoli was first built by Guru Amardas Ji in 1559. The popular belief is that the 84 steps to the Baoli represent 84,000 incarnations man has to undergo for the ultimate salvation from his mortal world. Reciting Japji Sahib on each of its stairs frees us of all this mortal cycle of birth and death.
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KHADOOR SAHIB |
The historical Gurudwarais associated with the memory of Guru Angad Devji, the second master of the sect. It's on this site that Guruji started compiling the preachings of Guru Nanak Devji in Gurmukhi Script and also it marks the site, where Guru Angad Dev Ji was cremated.
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