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Date Submitted: 07/28/2015 04:51 AM
FUTURE OF ARCHITECTURE
SIKH TEMPLES
GOLDEN TEMPLE, AMRITSAR (HISTORICAL)
GOLDEN TEMPE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST GURUDWARAS IN THE WORLD. IT IS KNOWN BY DIFFERENT NAMES SUCH AS “DARBAR SAHIB”, “HARMANDIR SAHIB” AND “GOLDEN TEMPLE”. IT IS REGARDED AS THE HOLIEST GURUDWARA IN SIKH CULTURE. IT IS SAME LIKE MECCA FOR MUSLIMS OR JERUSALEM FOR CHRITIANS. GOLDEN TEMPLE WAS DESIGNED BY THE FIFTH GURU OF SIKHS, GURU ARJUN DEV JI AND THE FOUNDATION WAS LAID BY A MUSLIM SUFI SAINT SAI HAZRAT MIAN MIR ON 28 DECEMBER 1588.
COMPARISON OF SPACE PLANNING
GOLDEN TEMPLE
SPACE PLANNING
THE MAIN STRUCTURE RISES FROM THE CENTRE OF THE SACRED POOL, 150 METERS SQUARE, APPROACHED BY A CAUSEWAY ABOUT 60 METERS LONG. AN ARCHWAY ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE POOL OPENS ON TO THE CAUSEWAY, BORDERED WITH BALUSTRADES OF FRETTED MARBLE, AND, AT CLOSE INTERVALS, THERE ARE STANDARD LAMPS, THEIR GREAT LANTERNS SET UPON MARBLE COLUMNS. THE 52-METRE SQUARE-BASED DARBAR SAHIB, TO WHICH THE CAUSEWAY LEADS, STANDS ON A 20-METRE SQUARE PLATFORM. THERE IS A FREE KITCHEN FOR THE VISITORS WHERE ANYONE CAN HAVE FOOD IRRESPECTIVE OF CASTE, COLOUR, CREED, AND RELIGION. THERE ARE ALSO SOME ROOMS ON THE SIDEWAYS WHERE ANYONE CAN STAY FOR FREE. THERE IS A LOT OF OPEN SPACE BUT IT HARDLY REMAINS OPEN SINCE THERE ARE LAKHS OF VISITORS VISITING GOLDEN TEMPLE EVERYDAY.
EXTERIOR
THE MAIN SQUARE BASED DARBAR SAHIB STANDING IN POOL IS STUDDED WITH GOLD ON THE WALS MAKING ITN LOOK LIKE A WONDER IN WATER. IT IS CONNECTED TO REST OF THE STRUCTURE THROUGH A CAUSEWAY. THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE IS MADE OF PURE MARBLE THROUGHOUT WITH THE KITCHEN ONLY MADE UP OF BRICKS AND CONCRETE. OVERALL THE GURUDWARA IS A COMBINATION OF BEAUTY AND GRACE. THERE ARE THREE TALL POLES WITH SAFFRON FLAG ON IT WITH A SIKH EMBLEM WHICH IS NORMALLY FOUND IN EVERY GURUDWARA CALLED NISHAN SAHIB. IT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANY GURUDWARA SINCE A PERSON FROM FAR AWAY CAN KNOW THAT THERE IS A GURUDWARA THERE.
STRENGTH
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