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Gurfateh!

I always get requests and messages to post more pictures of Nihangs - I thought people would get bored of them but it seems people can't get enough of them.

Here is a collection of pictures - I got a little carried away, so this is a HUGE post - I have posted thumbnails because there are so many pictures, so apologies for the 'stupid' advertisements that appear alongside the picture when you click on the thumbnails.

Enjoy the pictures ! (like I said before I got a little carried away - I never know when to stop !)

Lohgarh Collection

ਸੋ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਰੂਪ ਹੈ

ਨੀਲ ਬਸਤ੍ਰ ਧਹਿਰਾਇ

ਜਪੇ ਜਾਪੁ ਗੁਰਬਰ ਅਕਾਲ

ਸਰਬਲੋਹ ਪਹਿਰਾਇ |੧|

(ਭਾਈ ਦਯਾ ਸਿੰਘ)

My obssession with Nihangs started at an early age - it was sparked by a childhood visit to the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London where I saw the Akali Dastars and it grew on a trip to Punjab in 1979 - Nihangs camped near our village Bus Stand and as I stood waiting for the bus to Phillaur I would watch them in amazement as they combed their Kes and tied and adorned their Dastars.

Here is my first ever picture of a Nihang - taken by me in 1979

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These next pictures are from paintings, sketches and lithographs;

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*from The Illustrated London News 1846

Details from A. Soltykoff's 'Indian Scenes and Characters' 1859

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An Akali by Skinner c.1825

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Akali Gian Singh - 9th Jathedar

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Boodh Singh Akali - who died fighting in the battle of Ferozeshah

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Victorian view of the Akalis

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Woodcuts and paintings

Akali Phoola Singh

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Sketch and painting by Emily Eden

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Akali Natha Singh

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Akali Phoola Singh

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Details from the paintings of A Schoefft

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Details from The 'Sowaree' in silver of Ranjit Singh

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A detail from a painting of Sher Singh's Durbar

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Simple paintings and Tangore Paintings

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A Battle scene

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The sons of Jassa Singh Ramgarhia

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