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Until recently the Arts of the Sikhs has been confused as either Hindu and or Islamic Arts. Today the arts of the Sikhs have been widely acknowledged and continuously bring to light the unique cultural, historic and religious features of the Sikhs. In the last five centuries, this also brings to a sharp focus on the unique aspects of the religion of the Sikhs.


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Architecture, Musicology and Musicians, Marshall Heritage, Arts and Artists, Gurmukhi Calligraphy
 
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Arts and Heritage/Marshall Heritage
HOLA MAHALLA or simply Hola, a Sikh festival, takes place on the first of the lunar month of Chef which usually falls in March. This follows the Hindu festival ofHoli. The name Hola is the masculine form of the feminine sounding Holi. Mahalla, der...
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Arts and Heritage/Architecture
HARIMANDAR (lit. the House of God; hari = Visnu, or God; mandar = temple, house), Golden Temple to the English speaking world, is the Sikhs` most famous sacred shrine. Also called Sri Darbar Sahib (the Exalted Holy Court), it lies in the heart of ...
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Arts and Heritage/Musicology and Musicians
HIRA SINGH RAGI, BHAI (18791926), eminent exponent of Sikh devotional music, was born in 1879 at Faruka, in Shahpur district, now in Pakistan. His father`s name was Bhai Bhag Singh and mother`s Satbharai. Bhag Singh was well versed in classical music...
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