The Golden Temple Past and Present

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Item Code: IDF368
Publisher: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Author: Madanjit Kaur
Language: English
Edition: 2013
ISBN: 8177700138
Pages: 380 (Illustrated With Colour Photographs)
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 9.4" X 6.4"
Weight 710 gm
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Book Description
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (IX)
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION (XI)
INTRODUCTION (XV)
KEY TO TRANSLITERATION (XIX)
1. The Foundation 1
2. History - Harimandir under the Gurus (AD 1604-1651) 23
3. Golden Temple Under the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committe 97
4. Management and the Staff Personnel 132
5. Ceremonial Practices and Celebrations 151
6. Art and Architecture 179
7. Ancillary Shrines and the Bungas 210
APPENDICES  
I Fascimile of the Document Ain-I-Darbar 236
II Inscriptions 239
III Bhai Mani Singh 242
IV A Copy of the Dastur-ul' Amal 244
V List of the Granthis 250
VI Fascimile of the Bakhshishnama issued to Bhai Boora and its Texts 252
VII Somer Famous Rababis, Ragis and Kirtanias of the Golden Temple 256
VIII The Giani Lineage 258
IX Time Table 259
X Harimandir Sahib in Punjabi Literature 260
XI The Sikh Archives: Their Loss and need for Reorganisation 266
XII List of Jathedars of Sri Akal Takht 291
BIBLIOGRAPHY 294
GLOSSARY 303
INDEX  
 
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