Sikhs Faith Philosophy and Folk

Arts & Photography

Shankar, Sondeep

Photography & Video

Tiger

Although Sikhs make-up less that one per cent of India's billion strong population, they have played an important part in developing the country's economy, its armed forces and its religious culture and diversity.Originating from the fertile plains of Punjab, the Sikh community has influenced global politics, economics, and society.Sikh Heritage is a succinct and delightfully-photographed glimpse into the community's religion, including its ten Gurus with photographs of the relics they have left behind, its temples, traditional systems of governance, history, architecture, and the world famous Golden Temple.

Sikh Heritage: A History of Valour and Devotion

Singh, Rishi

ROLI-BOOKS

<p>Sikh Heritage, with a foreword by Hardeep Sigh Puri, is a succinct and delightfully photographed glimpse into the community's religion, its ten gurus, its temples, traditional systems of governance, history, architecture, and the famous Golden Temple. This book traces the history of the valor and devotion of the Sikh community, which forms less than 1 per cent of India's one billion population, yet produces over 50 per cent of the country's food reserves. Despite the brutal assaults of history faced by the Sikh community - such as the partition of Punjab - they still maintain the merit of their heritage. Looks at how the thriving Sikh diaspora has spread across the globe; and how they always took the words of the gurus with them wherever they went. This work has captured the relics that have borne witness to the establishment of the Sikh community and identity. Most of these heritage objects associated with the gurus are in private collections or in gurdwaras. A photographic documentation of the Sikh historicity through objects both in time and space, such as the beautifully captured images of Takhats or temporal seats of the Sikhs, portray a unique relationship between the edifice and the Sikhs - thus, each photograph is a story in itself. This new approach aims at the conception of Sikh heritage not only as the sacred masterpieces of the past to be valued and conserved, but also as emblematic and living spaces to be appropriated by the local communities who are the bearers of a rich and active collective memory.</p>

History

Asia

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