Taken from Southbank.
Sunday 18 February 2007
Wednesday 14 February 2007
Durga Mandir, Amritsar
Built in the style of the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), this temple is a much smaller Hindu version, lying close to the main city.
John is entering my frame of view here :)
John is entering my frame of view here :)
Monday 12 February 2007
GAH!!
This is what happens when you have a habit of weekend nocturnalising.
3.41. Need to wake 7.30. 15 hr day at work followed by remote on call from home from 10pm to 8,30 in a service where you have a pretty good chance of being called in. Heck with this jinxiness, I'll be up all night.
ARGH!
Ill try sleep now.
3.41. Need to wake 7.30. 15 hr day at work followed by remote on call from home from 10pm to 8,30 in a service where you have a pretty good chance of being called in. Heck with this jinxiness, I'll be up all night.
ARGH!
Ill try sleep now.
Sunday 11 February 2007
Pyar Ka Bandhan - The Ties of Love
After the completion of their Hindu wedding, Mayur ties a band around his wife's arm. I am not quite sure of the full symbolism, but understand this forms part of the promise he makes to look after her mentally, physically and spiritually, forever; the tying of the knot symbolises the joining of their lives.
Saturday 10 February 2007
It broke. :|
My weights cable system's cable just broke.
I guess it's over 10 years old. But it's still wierd when you are mid lift and BOOM!
Can one buy just a cable for the cable system?
I guess it's over 10 years old. But it's still wierd when you are mid lift and BOOM!
Can one buy just a cable for the cable system?
Golden Temple, Amritsar: Night Splendor
The Harmandar Sahib (originally called the Hari Mandar, or 'temple of God') is also known as the Golden Temple. It is the holiest of Sikh Gurudwaras (or places of worship) and many thousands of Sikh and non Sikh devotees and tourists visit every year to witness this fantastic sight and spiritual haven.
Located in the older part of Amritsar city, this temple was originally the site of a small lake in a forest. In 1574, the Mughal Emporor, Akbar visited the third Sikh Guru, Guru Amar Das in a nearby village. He was so impressed by what he saw there, that he gifted a sum of money to the Guru's daughter (who later married a man who became the fourth Guru, Guru Ram Das). This money was used to enlarge the lake and build a small township.
Under the fifth Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, that the temple was built. A great Sufi (Muslim mystic, popular in this time in South Asia) friend of the guru from Lahore (former capital of undivided Punjab, now the capital of Pakistan's Punjab state) visited and laid the foundation stone in 1588. It was completed in 1601. Later it would be attacked by the Afghans, requiring rebuilding in the 1760s.
The temple has four enterances, which signifies the importance of acceptance and openness. All may enter the Harimandir Sahib, regardless of who they are - though they must abstain from meat, drinking alcohol, entering intoxicated, smoking or use drugs while inside (as with all Sikh temples).
The temple was also the site of Operation Blue Star, in 1984, which resulted in a very sorrowful time in the history of the people of Punjab and Delhi, regardless of race or religion, though it was the Sikhs who suffered more.
It was at this time that Sikhs in Delhi were at high risk. My maternal Grandfather took a neighbouring Sikh family into his house to help ensure their safety, and they remain friends since.
Links:
www.harmandirsahib.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star
Located in the older part of Amritsar city, this temple was originally the site of a small lake in a forest. In 1574, the Mughal Emporor, Akbar visited the third Sikh Guru, Guru Amar Das in a nearby village. He was so impressed by what he saw there, that he gifted a sum of money to the Guru's daughter (who later married a man who became the fourth Guru, Guru Ram Das). This money was used to enlarge the lake and build a small township.
Under the fifth Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, that the temple was built. A great Sufi (Muslim mystic, popular in this time in South Asia) friend of the guru from Lahore (former capital of undivided Punjab, now the capital of Pakistan's Punjab state) visited and laid the foundation stone in 1588. It was completed in 1601. Later it would be attacked by the Afghans, requiring rebuilding in the 1760s.
The temple has four enterances, which signifies the importance of acceptance and openness. All may enter the Harimandir Sahib, regardless of who they are - though they must abstain from meat, drinking alcohol, entering intoxicated, smoking or use drugs while inside (as with all Sikh temples).
The temple was also the site of Operation Blue Star, in 1984, which resulted in a very sorrowful time in the history of the people of Punjab and Delhi, regardless of race or religion, though it was the Sikhs who suffered more.
It was at this time that Sikhs in Delhi were at high risk. My maternal Grandfather took a neighbouring Sikh family into his house to help ensure their safety, and they remain friends since.
Links:
www.harmandirsahib.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue_Star
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If you know me via the real world, or online then buzz me to be a part of this :)
So I'm planning to invite a few mates to this blog which hopefully will work out as a nice collective of thoughts, ideas, passions, artwork and so on.
If you know me via the real world, or online then buzz me to be a part of this :)
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