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[[Image:Baba | {{aowh|[[Gurdwara Baba Atal Sahib]]}} | ||
{{ps|Image:Baba atal tower.jpg|[[Gurdwara Sri Baba Atal Rai Sahib]]}} | |||
'''[[Gurdwara Baba Atal Sahib]]''' is situated to the south of the [[Harimandir Sahib]] or [[Golden Temple]], about 185 metres from Sarai (living accomodation) [[Guru Ram Das]]. | |||
The nine-storey octagonal tower, standing 40 metres high, is the tallest building in [[Amritsar]]. | |||
According to popular tradition, Atal Rai, at the age of nine, restored his close friend Mohan, son of a widow, to life after his sudden demise. [[Guru Hargobind]] considered his son's act as being against the Sikh tradition and rebuked him for performing a feat involving a miracle and warned him that one's spiritual power should be displayed "in purity of doctrine and holiness of living". It is said that Atal Rai told his father that he would lay down his own life for breaking the law of nature by reviving his friend from the dead. | Originally a samadhi, or cenotaph, enshrining the remains of [[Baba Atal Rai]], a son of [[Guru Hargobind]], the [[sixth Guru]] of the [[Sikh]]s. | ||
However, it was transformed, with the passage of time, into a [[gurdwara]], because, in [[India]], "the process of deification is aided by the tendency to develop the tomb raised over a man of eminence into a temple".' | |||
According to popular tradition, [[Atal Rai]], at the age of nine, restored his close friend Mohan, son of a widow, to life after his sudden demise. [[Guru Hargobind]] considered his son's act as being against the Sikh tradition and rebuked him for performing a feat involving a miracle and warned him that one's spiritual power should be displayed "in purity of doctrine and holiness of living". It is said that Atal Rai told his father that he would lay down his own life for breaking the law of nature by reviving his friend from the dead. {{aowf|Gurdwara Baba Atal Sahib}} | |||
Latest revision as of 12:23, 1 February 2012
Gurdwara Baba Atal Sahib is situated to the south of the Harimandir Sahib or Golden Temple, about 185 metres from Sarai (living accomodation) Guru Ram Das.
The nine-storey octagonal tower, standing 40 metres high, is the tallest building in Amritsar.
Originally a samadhi, or cenotaph, enshrining the remains of Baba Atal Rai, a son of Guru Hargobind, the sixth Guru of the Sikhs.
However, it was transformed, with the passage of time, into a gurdwara, because, in India, "the process of deification is aided by the tendency to develop the tomb raised over a man of eminence into a temple".'
According to popular tradition, Atal Rai, at the age of nine, restored his close friend Mohan, son of a widow, to life after his sudden demise. Guru Hargobind considered his son's act as being against the Sikh tradition and rebuked him for performing a feat involving a miracle and warned him that one's spiritual power should be displayed "in purity of doctrine and holiness of living". It is said that Atal Rai told his father that he would lay down his own life for breaking the law of nature by reviving his friend from the dead. .....More
