ishvar2 Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 (edited) The Golden Temple of Amritsar: Reflections of the Past Date: 14 July 2011 Time: 10:30 AM Finishes: 25 September 2011 Time: 5:00 PM Venue: Brunei GalleryRoom: Brunei Gallery Exhibition Rooms SOAS Type of Event: Exhibition 'The Golden Temple of Amritsar: Reflections of the Past' will be the first major exhibition on one of the world’s most beautiful and iconic buildings, one which is both the epicentre of the Sikh faith and a place of pilgrimage for followers of other traditions. It is also the first major Sikh exhibition since the V&A Museum's 1999 'The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms'. Organised by a leading voluntary heritage organisation, the UK Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA), this groundbreaking show will trace the temple's history, beginning with its origins as a place where the Buddha once meditated, to its role as the inspiration behind a guerrilla insurgency against foreign invasion that eventually led to the establishment of a Sikh empire in the 18th century. Spies & Raconteurs, Diamonds & Destruction The exhibition will bring to life a bygone era when the Sikhs vied with the Mughals, Afghans and British for control of the land in and around present day Afghanistan, Pakistan and North-West India. On show will be a range of beautiful artefacts, photographs, paintings and engravings enhanced with extracts from fascinating eyewitness accounts from, among others, European spies, travellers, artists, memsahibs and raconteurs who visited the shrine in the 19th century. Historically important objects from this period that will be on show include stunning battlefield weapons, jewellery worn by Rani Jindan, mother of Maharaja Duleep Singh (1838-1893), the last Sikh king of Lahore, and a receipt for the Koh-i-Noor, the world's largest diamond which now has pride of place in the Crown Jewels, but whose own ancient legend prophesied the rise and fall of every empire in whose hands it fell, from the Afghans to the Sikhs through to the British Empire. Swordplay & Scholarship Five one-day symposiums will feature a range of international expert speakers who will explore themes of development and history, art and architecture, hospitality and classical learning, martial traditions and classical music. A lavish book accompanying the exhibition will feature approximately 500 of the earliest images of the Golden Temple dating from the 1820s to 1959 along with extracts from over 70 eyewitness accounts. Symposium ticket bookings: info@ukpha.com http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/gallerygoldentemple/ Info on the talks: http://gt1588.eventbrite.com/ Edited July 5, 2011 by ishvar2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 i'll be there on 11 september to listen to Tsinghs talk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osingh1 Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 So TSingh and Amardeep will be at this event! I was thinking about writing a post on how one day posters on this forum should get together for a day. It would be good to put faces to various posters on this forum. Maybe one day................ Maharaj kirpa de naal! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishvar2 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 I'll be there on the 11th (if any one cares lol) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amar_jkp Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 I hate this Golden Temple word used for Harmandar Sahb. First its not temple its Gurdwara Sahib. We should oppose this word . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyhp32 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 It is ironic that an organisation aiming to spread knowledge about the Harmandir Sahib uses the term 'Golden Temple' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kam1825 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Any way of getting hold of the book without visiting, I dont think I will get time! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Tony: Its probably for commercial reasons in order to attract gore. If you start saying Harmander Sahib only indians will know what its about.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishvar2 Posted July 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Any way of getting hold of the book without visiting, I dont think I will get time! I'll see what I can do 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 osingh1 we can go together if you wish. The following lecture also sounds really interesting ‘In the Beginning was the Word’ An overview of the incredibly diverse body of Sikh literature, from the spiritual poetry of Guru Nanak to the ballads of Guru Gobind Singh that inspired an empire, illustrated with rare and beautiful examples of Gurmukhi manuscripts. Harminder Mann is an independent researcher and cataloguer of Sikh manuscripts based in Toronto, Canada. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osingh1 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 amardeep jeeo Thanks for the invitation. However I doubt I will make it this year. I hope their is similar event next year. I will definitely attend next year. I feel it is important that we can organize event where we can all get together and do vichar of gurmat face to face. I think most of the posters on this forum are from UK. Therefore it wouldn't be difficult to organize such an event. If it is organized next year I would definitely attend. Once we organize one gathering we can start to make it more regular. I hope we can get a transcript of the lecture's especially TSingh's and Harminder Singh Mann. Pretty advanced topics for the average londoner. lol rabb rakhe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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