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The Akal Takht (Punjabi: ਅਕਾਲ ਤਖ਼ਤ, IPA: [əkɑl t̪əxt̪]) literally means The Seat (Throne) of the Timeless One or Seat (Throne) of God. It is one of the five seats of temporal physical religious authority of the Sikhs. Akal means The Timeless One - another term for God. Takht means 'seat' or 'throne' in Persian. Akal Takht is located in the Harmandir Sahib complex in Amritsar, Punjab, and faces the Darshani Deohri.
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History
The Akal Takht was begun by the sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Har Gobind as a symbol for political sovereignty of Sikhs. It stood as a symbol of political and military resistance against the Mughal Empire in the 17th and 18th century. In the 18th century, Ahmed Shah Abdali led a series of attacks on the Akal Takht and Harmandir Sahib.
On June 4, 1984, the Akal Takht building was heavily damaged during Operation Bluestar launched by the Indian Army to evict a group of heavily armed Sikh Militants that had occupied the building after being asked to vacate one of the Niwas (Guest house) dormitories that the group had made into their headquarters.
Khande-da-Pahul or the initiation with the sword, initiated by Guru Gobind Singh, continues to be routinely performed at the Akal Takht. Hari Singh Nalwa, a General under Maharaja Ranjit Singh the leader of the Sikh Kingdom, wished to make the Akal Takht resplendent with gold and had donated a part of his wealth for this purpose.[1]
The Jathedar
The Jathedar of the Akal Takht along with the Jathedars of the other four holy Takhts are the temporary temporal religious authority of the Sikhs. The current Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib is Giani Gurbachan Singh.
See also
- Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar
References
- ^ Sohan Lal Suri. 19th century. Umdat-ut-tawarikh, Daftar III, Part 2, trans. V.S. Suri, (1961) 2002, Amritsar: Guru Nanak Dev University, f. 260
- Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer (1980), The AKAL TAKHT, Sikh University Press
- Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer (2005), Sikh Twareekh Vich Akal Takht Sahib Da Role, Sikh University Press
External links
- Takht Sri Darbar Sahib Akal Takht
- IFA - International Fateh Academy (a budding sikh school of international standard) and IFA supports Akal Takht
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