3 Sikh Professors To Design 115Cr Valmiki Temple In Amritsar

[SikhWorldTv]

http://dailysikhupdates.com/2013/10/18/3-sikh-professors-to-design-115cr-valmiki-temple-in-amritsar/

AMRITSAR: In its bid to boost the ‘secular’ poll campaign, Punjab government has roped in three keshdhari Sikhs ( who do not trim their hair or beard), working as professors at Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar to design the Rs 115-crore Valmiki temple in Amritsar

The professors — Karamjit Singh Chahal, Sarabjot Singh Behl, and Rawal Singh Aulakh — work in the department of architecture in the Amritsar university.
Desperate to strengthen its political fortunes ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Akali Dal-BJP government in the state has embarked on this move to construct the temple to woo the 22-lakh-strong Valmiki community, which makes for 40% of the scheduled caste (SC) population in Punjab. The Punjab government, on Friday, held a mega stone laying ceremony in Amritsar, that was attended by several renowned people including spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, yoga guru Baba Ramdev among others.

Even though the trio dismiss the temple construction as a poll plank, they have been particular in attempting a design that is different from both a regular gurudwara and a temple.

“We have not used the dome structure of gurudwara. We have also ruled out the concept of a shikhar (the usual square or pyramid-top structures) which most of temples have. Here the top of the temple is conical in nature. But it’s a privilege for us that we have designed the architecture of such an important shrine for the Valmiki communty,” Prof Chahal told TOI.

The design was finalised over eight meetings held over six months with the chief minister, he added. The new temple would be, in addition, to the existing hut that marks the site where Sita gave birth to her two sons Lava and Kush and also still extant are Valmiki’s hut.

The chief minister’s idea to “secularise” Amritsar’s voting population may not be misplaced as a section of historians in Punjab believe that Sikhs, with Bedi as their surname trace their descent from Kush and those with from Lava.

With its height and area double the size of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, situated just about 11km away, it is likely to emerge as the new destination for Hindu devotees.

The Golden Temple is approximately 42 feet in height and 48 feet wide. The main design of the Valmiki temple has been conceived as a central sanctum sanctorum hall with dimension of 84feetx84feetX84feet.

There is a five-tiered shikhar with a kalasha atop over the central shall comprises with two spiral staircases on each side bisecting first floor cantilevered gallery, Chahal said.

The material for temple is largely Jaisalmer stone known to have been used in monuments, sculptures in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

The central hall will be flanked by four porticos. Of them, two porticos are approached by two bridges (causeways) to allow devotees to walk to the hall. These two bridges are 60 and 100 feet respectively. The width of either bridge is the same: 29 feet and 8 inches.

The temple would later be expanded into an 11-acre site which will also have a sangat hall, with capacity of 5,000 people, a museum and panorama to highlight the life and history of Valmiki.

Originally Published by Rohan Dua of TOI

[UKLondonSikh]

Unreal. The Badal patriarch and son are truly disgraceful animals. They can't do anything for the downtrodden within Punjab. They ignore ke Rangrehte Guru Ke Bete and they have done nothing to highlight the contribution of Bhai Jiwan Singh Ji and others of similar ancestry to the Panth that comprised the bulk of the Shaheedian Misl forces.

What's ironic is that Balmiki was a Brahmin but now it suits the Badals to split the Qaum further in order to divide and rule the Panth from within. The last bastion is Malwa. The enemies of the Panth have succeeded in ensuring Balmiki Mandirs proliferation in Doaba and Majha and now their aim is to crack the saanjhe Gurdware remaining in villages in Malwa.

If the enemies of the Panth continue at the rate they are going they will have us in a minority by the 2021 census - the only way to stop them is to smash all discrimination internally (including at matrimonial level) by forcible means if necassary as we only have seven years left. Sikhi can never progress in a pind or locality where there is more than one Gurdwara. We need to merge Gurdware asap.

[DSGj]

There is already a popular Mandir close to Darbar Sahib if I am not mistaken.

Now we have another one which is close and Rs 115-crore is being spent on it and it seems like most of it is tax-money/public money.

Politicians will throw around the public's money any way possible in order to save their political seats (from which they also earn lots of money and have ways to steal the public's money through various loop-holes).

Punjab is being infiltrated more and more. Sikh population is decreasing significantly, and for it to be happening in Amritsar is very worrying.

For those of you who are going to pull out statistical figures showing Sikh population to be rising or staying the same. Please, we all know that statistics are manipulated. Go to Punjab and walk around the streets, and then tell me that Sikhs don't have a problem on their hands.

Also, a side note: for many years we have been getting regular news reports revealing how rich Mandirs and Hindus are. A lot of it is under-the-counter and hidden from the government (and most likely, government officials are part of it themselves, hence them turning a blind eye to it).

It is so funny how Ramdev complains about black-markets and black-money in India and around the world by governments, and so he goes on hunger strikes, protests, etc.

This hypocrite should first reveal the Billions of Dollars worth of assets which are hidden in MANDIRS in India.

Day by day, Mandirs are getting exposed...it's been happening for many years now.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1310/S00030/indias-hindu-temples-possess-gold-worth-half-of-fort-knox.htm

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/burglars-loot-jain-temple-take-away-valuables-worth-rs-25-lakh/article5254642.ece?homepage=true

https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=cr&ei=GFNlUvOZGNes4AOG5IGwDg#q=hindu+temple+gold