Nihangs - Lohgarh Collection

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Gurfateh!

I always get requests and messages to post more pictures of Nihangs - I thought people would get bored of them but it seems people can't get enough of them.

Here is a collection of pictures - I got a little carried away, so this is a HUGE post - I have posted thumbnails because there are so many pictures, so apologies for the 'stupid' advertisements that appear alongside the picture when you click on the thumbnails.

Enjoy the pictures ! (like I said before I got a little carried away - I never know when to stop !)

Lohgarh Collection

ਸੋ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਰੂਪ ਹੈ

ਨੀਲ ਬਸਤ੍ਰ ਧਹਿਰਾਇ

ਜਪੇ ਜਾਪੁ ਗੁਰਬਰ ਅਕਾਲ

ਸਰਬਲੋਹ ਪਹਿਰਾਇ |੧|

(ਭਾਈ ਦਯਾ ਸਿੰਘ)

My obssession with Nihangs started at an early age - it was sparked by a childhood visit to the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London where I saw the Akali Dastars and it grew on a trip to Punjab in 1979 - Nihangs camped near our village Bus Stand and as I stood waiting for the bus to Phillaur I would watch them in amazement as they combed their Kes and tied and adorned their Dastars.

Here is my first ever picture of a Nihang - taken by me in 1979

These next pictures are from paintings, sketches and lithographs;

*from The Illustrated London News 1846

Details from A. Soltykoff's 'Indian Scenes and Characters' 1859

An Akali by Skinner c.1825

Akali Gian Singh - 9th Jathedar

Boodh Singh Akali - who died fighting in the battle of Ferozeshah

Victorian view of the Akalis

Woodcuts and paintings

Akali Phoola Singh

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Akalis depicted with Guru Sahib

Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji shown with Large Dastar and Large Farla

Detail from Gurdwara Baba Atal Sahib

paintings;

Baba Atal Murals

Baba Ajit Singh Ji

Nena Singh Shahid Kharag Singh shahid

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Karthorh Singh Sham Singh

Baba Jujhaar Singh Ji

Tapa Singh Shahid

Kharakh Singh

Bijla Singh

Balwant Singh

Baba Deep Singh Ji

Hukum Singh

Chhote Sahibzadey

Uday Singh Shahid

Baba Deep Singh Ji

Nihangs at the time of the Anglo Sikh wars

Sketch and painting by Emily Eden

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Akali Natha Singh

Akali Phoola Singh

Details from the paintings of A Schoefft

Details from The 'Sowaree' in silver of Ranjit Singh

A detail from a painting of Sher Singh's Durbar

Simple paintings and Tangore Paintings

A Battle scene

The sons of Jassa Singh Ramgarhia

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A French engraving of Darbar Sahib 1831

Details of Akalis

Details from the paintings of Carpenter

Keher Singh paintings

From Wall murals

Mortimer Menpes paintings

Old photgraphs

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1960s

Hola

Baba Anoop Singh Gravesend

Hem Kunt Sahib

The Frozen sarover

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Amrit

Baba Santa Singh Ji

Some favourite images

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That was a lot of pictures ! hope you didn't get 'Nihang' fatigue ! and that you enjoyed them !

Gurfateh !

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