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| Picture No | 11007904 |
| Date | 1858 |
| Description | Interior of Golden Temple at Amritsar, 1858 |
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Interior of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India (spelt here as Umritzir), 1858. Gurus reading the Grunt'h (or Granth). The Guru is sitting before the Grunt'h (sacred text) which lies open on a stool before him, covered with a cloth, with a chowree lying across it (an ox tail used as a flyflap). Music is kept up without intermission assisted by a chorus of voices.
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| Source | Engraving after a drawing by W Carpenter in the Illustrated London News, 6th November 1858 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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