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Goldentemple Shikra Architecture
Goldentemple Shikra Architecture
Finally, there springs a graceful fluted dome with lotus petal base on a
circular drum. It is surmounted by an inverted lotus which supports a
big Kalasa.
GURUDWARA BABA ATAL, AMRITSAR
The Gurudwara Baba Atal is basically a smadh (cenotaph) to the
memory of Baba Atal, the revered son of the sixth Guru, Har
Gobind. It is located to the S-W of the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
Finally, there springs the graceful fluted dome with the inverted lotus
supporting Kalasa in the centre.
Within the premises, there is a large tank named Kaulsar, in the west,
and also the mausoleums of Nawab Kapoor Singh, S.Jassa Singh
and of other sardars.
Kaulsar Sarovar
Darshini gate
The causeway
Techniques
Gach Work: Gach was a sort of gypsum or stone. This was
propounded & fried in pan. When it formed a paste being mixed with
water, it was put to use on walls like lime.
Tukri Work: Tukri work is another kind of Gach work. It involves the
setting of the pieces of glass of various sizes in the cut clay work.
Colored glass, mirror, glass pieces and gold leaves were used.
Jarat Kari: It involves the in-laying of colored stone in marble. The
designs are prepared by artists and transferred to marble slabs. The
multi-colored stones were then cut in that pattern.
Architectural Features
The Dome:
Almost all important Sikh shrines have an imposing visual effect
because of the types and forms of the domes.
The dome of Golden Temple, Amritsar is unique not only in view of
its imposing size and dignified grandeur but also due to interesting
formation of its domical superstructure.
The dome represents the synthesis of all important characteristics of
the shape and details of ornamentation noticed in the domes of other
shrines.
The Kiosk:
The Sikh shrines have number of subsidery structres in the form of
Kiosks. The most common type of a kiosk is a square miniature room
crowned by a domical member. The room normally has the walls
disposed into number of entrances , often with arched or foliated
upper portion. The maximum number of entrances is however 3 on
each side.
Window at N. gateway
Bay window at golden temple
The Arches:
capital base