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Sikh architecture is a style of architecture that was developed under the Sikh Confederacy and Sikh Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries in the Punjab region. Due to its progressive style, it is constantly evolving into many newly developing branches with new contemporary styles.
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The Sikh Confederacy was the catalyst for a uniquely Sikh...
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The Golden Temple (also known as the Harmandir Sahib ( lit. 'House of God', Punjabi pronunciation: [ɦəɾᵊmən̪d̪əɾᵊ saːɦ (ɪ)bᵊ] ), or the Darbār Sahib, ( lit. ''exalted court'', [d̪əɾᵊbaːɾᵊ saːɦ (ɪ)bᵊ] or Suvaran Mandir [2]) is a gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. [3] [4] It is the pre-eminent ...
Sikhism: Location; Location: Connaught Place, Delhi, India. Architecture; Style: Sikh architecture, Mughal: Founder: Sardar Baghel Singh: Completed: 1664 as a bungalow, again rebuilt in 1783, current structure mostly built post 1947
SIKH ARCHITECTURE. SIKH ARCHITECTURE, style and design of building conspicuously popular among the Sikhs, is owed primarily to their religious monuments. Their secular edifices such as fortresses, palaces, samadhs (mausoleums built over places of cremation), havelis (fortified houses), bungas (residential cum educational houses ), educational ...
Sikh architecture expresses the characteristic resilience of the Sikh spirit and its inviolable freedom to deviate from the artistic exuberance, aesthetic magnificence and creative fullness.The curious mannerist emphasis on creative freedom makes Sikh architecture the Indian Baroque, with its characteristics of sculptured skylines, variegated ...
A takht, or taḵẖat ( Punjabi: ਤਖ਼ਤ ), literally means a throne or seat of authority [1] and is a spiritual and temporal centre of Sikhism. [2] . There are five takhts ( Punjabi: ਪੰਜ ਤਖਤ, romanized: Pañj takhat, lit. 'five thrones'), which are five gurudwaras that have a very special significance for the Sikh community.
