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Gurfateh !

Here are a selection ;

from CE 1865

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from CE 1870

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From CE 1875

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These are all from around CE 1903

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Akalis on the Causeway that leads to the Darbar Sahib

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Akalis standing under the Darshani Deori

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A Nihang Baba seated in the courtyard between the Darbar Sahib and The Akal Takht

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These pictures show the Darbar Sahib without the 'Jangley' or 'dividers' which I believe were brought in around the 1950s/1960s.

Hopefully one of these is the picture you are looking for - If not give a more detailed description of the picture and I'll see if I can find it for you.

Gurfateh!

Ranjit Singh 'Freed'

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Gurfateh !

Here are some more

Showing the Gothic clock tower built by the British after demolishing the Bunga that stood there - later this tower was demolished to make the Clock Tower entrances we see today

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The Kar Sewa of 1923

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The visit of the Prince of Wales in 1905

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Raagis with Taanti saaj - 1903

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Raagis

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The view in 1903 from the Baba Atal Tower

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The view from the upper storey of the Darbar Sahib 1903

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An Engraving from 1831

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A woodcut from 1874

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Ishnan 1903

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Baba Atal Tower late 1800s

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Amritsar schoolboys 1903

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"Fakirs" Amritsar 1903

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Postcard early 1900s

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Sri Akal Takht early 1900s

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Birdseye view 1950s - note the clock towers are not white washed.Also the City comes right upto the parkarma - the bazaars back onto the Akal Takht. Today these historic bazaars have been demolished in the Government 'Galiara' project.

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Inscriptions above the doorways of Sri Darbar Sahib

Northern entrance - An expression of gratitude for the blessing from Guru Ram Das to be able to perform sewa of Darbar sahib and a benti for the continued 'BolBala' of the Khalsa , seva by Maharaja Kharakh Singh Kanwar Naunihal Singh and Bhai Sant Singh Giani - dated sambat 1896 (CE 1839)

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Southern entrance - The first verse from Vaar Sri Bhagauti Ji Ki - Patshahi 10 ( Chandi di Vaar)

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Main (Western) entrance

Mool Mantar - and commemoration of the 'Daya' of 'Sri Maharaj Guru Sahib' in giving the opportunity to perform sewa of Darbar Sahib to Ranjit Singh - dated Sambat 1887 (CE 1830)

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Enjoy the pictures !

Gurfateh !

Ranjit Singh 'Freed'

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amazing pictures!

couple of questions

does anybody know when they started inscribing the marble, the floors, the fans, the everything with peoples names and how much they had donated?

interesting to see how so many of the bibia in the pictures kept 'chohnd' (keeping most of face covered from other people using the chunni) back then. i know this habit only dissapeared not to long ago, was this prevalent from guru jis times?

having never had the good fortune to go to the kar seva, does anybody know what they do with the kaar once they clean it out? where does it go?

the nihang singhs with the massive gajke, we dont seem to see so many of these around these days, albeit different styles seem to be more prominent now (or maybe its just me!). but freed has the dumala decoration changed much over the years from guru jis time to the current period? the same for the actual dumalla itself. from a lot of the pics u have posted the older ones seem to be generally thinner and perhaps generally taller?? again is there any basis for this, or just me being silly?

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