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THE
ORIGIN OF AMRISTAR
The origin of the Golden Temple dates back to the days of Nanak, a
pious Hindu, who became the Founder Guru of Sikhism. Punjab, during
his times was passing through a turbulent phase in the history of
India. - Religious unrest due to the direct impact of Muslim rule
reached the climax and there was insecurity to Hindus everywhere.
Muslim bigotry was .systematically divesting Hinduism of its
glory-chastity was outraged, and integrity fried in the open
streets. When conditions went beyond endurance, the humanist. Nanak
toured several places in and out of his state with a view to
solving. Returning enlightened, he inferred, rightly too, that
religious revival alone ensures safety and saves Hinduism from
effacement and extinction. As a first step towards this, he tried to
harmonize the religious sects by evolving a new devotional system,
proclaiming that his sishyas. - singhs are the children of. God and
they are not ascetics, but a band of servants with arms, rallying
under one banner for the defense of their Dharma. And this became
the nucleus of, his magnum opus - Adi Granth. History justified his
laudable ambition and adored it.
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