JO BOLE SO NIHAL, SAT SRI AKAL – THE HARMANDIR SAHIB; GOLDEN TEMPLE, AMRITSAR” Most Amazing and Systematic way of preparing n serving food to all the devotees. ..so hygienic, systematic, assembly line ….APAAR SHRADDHA.. Originally built in 1574, the site of the gurudwara was surrounded by a small lake in a thin forest. The third of the six grand Mughals, Emperor Akbar, who visited the third Sikh guru, Guru Amar Das, in the neighbouring town of Goindval, was so impressed by the way of life in the town that he gave a jagir (the land and the revenues of several villages in the vicinity) to the guru’s daughter Bhani as a gift on her marriage to Bhai Jetha, who later became the fourth Sikh guru, Guru Ram Das. Guru Ram Das enlarged the lake and built a small township around it. The town was named after Guru Ram Das as Guru Ka Chak’, Chak Ram Das or Ram Das Pura. During the leadership of the fifth guru, Guru Arjan Dev (1581–1606), the full-fledged gurudwara was built. In December 1588, Guru Arjan initiated the construction of the gurudwara. He invited Muslim saint Mian Mir of Lahore in December 1588 to lay the first foundation stone. (December 1588 CE). Some of the architectural features of the Harmandir Sahib were intended to be symbolic of the Sikh worldview. Instead of the normal custom of building a gurudwara on high land, it was built at a lower level than the surrounding land so that devotees would have to go down steps to enter it. In addition, instead of one entrance, the Harmandir Sahib has four entrances
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