| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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HARMANDIR |
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| The most
formative part of Guru Govind Singh's life was spent at Anandpur, a place within a short
distance of the modern Bhakra dam. Guru Govind Singh, as is well known, founded the Khalsa
sect and he also introduced the surname of ‘Singh’. Over the sacred spot of
the birth-place of Guru Govind Singh a temple was built. The present temple is a vast
improvement on its predecessor built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, "the lion of the
Punjab", sometime in the first quarter of the 19th century. This temple is considered
to be one of the four sacred places of the Sikhs and a large number of Sikhs from all over
India and abroad visit the temple.
The number of non-Sikh visitors to Harmandir is also very
large. It is almost a bounden duty of a Sikh coming to Patna for any reason to visit this
temple on the very first day. The present five-storey temple was built during 1954-62 at a
cost of fifteen lakhs -of rupees. |
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