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Architecture of Siri Harmander Sahib -part 1


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waheguru ji ke khalsa, waheguru ji ke fateh

Pyare jio, I was listening to katha by Veer Gurdeep Singh on Punjab

radio.

He was discussing Sahib Siri Guru Arjan Dev Ji, and the construction of

Siri

Harmandar Sahib. This led to a very interesting discussion in our

household

about the construction and sublime architecture of Siri Harmander

sahib.

Most of this is my own reflections, so if incorrect, then it should

only

reflect on Dass, and not Punjab radio.

Some Architectural points:

1. Many years ago, I watched a Channel 4 documentary on the tidal

systems,

and how it works. The scientists then visited Siri Harmander Sahib and

taran

taran discussing how such vast amounts of water are stationary and not

affected by the world rotation. They said if we applied the physics

behind

the tidal system, the water in harmandar sahib and taran taran should

in

fact spill out, and not remain stationary.So they were extremely

fascinated

why this does not occur. After doing numerous lab experiments, they

realised

the water only stays stationary, if the pool has it length to

particular

mathematic proportion to the width and depth. They worked out this

exact

proportion. Then they measured Siri Harmandar sahib and found its

measurements fitted these exact proportions. Great is sahib Siri Arjan

Dev

Ji who knew this all along and built accordingly hundreds of years ago.

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