Sunday, April 23, 2023

The 10 most Rare Images Belonging to the Sikh History stolen by the Britishers

 A color print of the Sikh Golden Temple at Amritsar, India. The picture was drawn by Chanan Singh. It was printed in England by J.S. Spall and hangs in a gilded wooden frame with a glass front. The print was donated to the Museum of London by the Sikh Temple, Gurdwara Singh Sabha London East. They chose this painting of the Golden Temple because it is a central place of worship for Sikhs. Guru Ramdas, the fourth Guru, requested Mian Mir, a Moslem divine, to lay the foundations of the Golden Temple at Amritsar in 1589.


An imaginative painting of Bhagat Namdev was painted during the 19th century.


Model of Ranjit Singh's Tomb


Pahari painting; a Sikh guru with his pupils, Punjab Hills, 1800-1810.


Pahari painting; Sikh ruler in Durbar, Guler, 1775.


Sikh painting; Raja Suchet Singh(1801-1844) with Raja Dhian Singh (1796-1843), Punjab Plains, 1840.


Sikh woodcut; Akali with wife and child, Lahore or Amritsar, 1870.


Sikh woodcut; Guru Gobind Singh on horseback, Lahore or Amritsar, 1870


Sikh woodcut; Guru Nanak with disciples, Lahore or Amritsar, 1870.


Sikh woodcut; Ten Gurus, Lahore or Amritsar, 1870.


 

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