We should not call it as Golden Temple as it was the name given by the British rulers.It sounds of salvery to continue calling it sa golden temple. Let us start calling it by its original name which is Gurudwara Harmandir Sahib. In punjabi Harmandir means hari Mandir(The abode of Lord). When are we going to end our slave mentality of following the british?
Re: Why to call Golden Temple
by Sheetal Kaur on Oct 01, 2012 09:53 PM
See my perfectly legal posting is not allowed. Rediff I am challenging you to show me and every one what was wrong with it.
Re: Re: Why to call Golden Temple
by Sheetal Kaur on Oct 01, 2012 09:54 PM
That is exactly what have said in my post before. There are three temples in the world with gold lining One in India, Second in Japan and the third in java islands. The one in India is Harmaindir Sahib or can also be called Darbar Sahib. Calling it Golden Temple is wrong and totally out of context.
Golden temple is unbelievably gr8 & also idol for other temple management in a process (Cleanses & hygiene).
But if look at history main reason to Mugal, Afghan military attack India was a greed of gold. In India temples have a huge treasury of gold. At the end Mugal, Afghan military looted all gold from temple & destroy the temples also.
So now famous temple should use their gold in serving needy & poor people. Keep gold in treasury of temple don't make any sense. At least now learn lesson from history.
Re: Golden temple is gr8,, but why gold....
by Sheetal Kaur on Oct 01, 2012 09:58 PM
Gold on the Harmandir sahib was denoted by the King, Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Which was either given to him by other kingdoms of time as lagan or was looted from Moguls.
I wish other places of worship in India we as clean as the Golden Temple looks like. Admittedly, the crowd is more at Hindu temples and to manage them would be a very difficult task. But a place of worship should be clean, and devotees should be instructed on civilised behaviour.
Re: Other places of worship
by JayaKrishnan B on Oct 01, 2012 03:14 PM
what instruction???? shoudlnt all the worshipers known that the place should be kept clean???
Re: amritsar
by Sheetal Kaur on Sep 29, 2012 07:54 PM
Thanks for Addressing it as DARBAR SAHIB, the correct name. There are three Golden temples in the world, with calling It a golden temple one does not know which one is being referred to. First one is in India. Second in Japan. I can't remember where the third one is.
