35 AKHRI
35 AKHRI
Illustrating the culture, people, landscape & heritage of Punjab, Punjabi & Punjabiyat.
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A state bordering Pakistan, is the heart of India’s Sikh community. The city of Amritsar, founded in the 1570s by Sikh Guru Ram Das, is the site of Harmandir Sahib, the holiest gurdwara (Sikh place of worship). Known in English as the Golden Temple, and surrounded by the Pool of Nectar, it's a major pilgrimage site. Also in Amritsar is Durgiana Temple, a Hindu shrine famed for its engraved silver doors.
Sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. The word Punjabi (sometimes spelled Panjabi) has been derived from the word Panj-āb, Persian for 'Five Waters', referring to the five major eastern tributaries of the Indus River.
Pronounced panjab-i-yat, meaning 'being Punjabi', 'essence of Punjab', 'quintessential Punjabi', is meant to be an expression of the jest and effervescence of the Punjabi culture and its large heartedness. Punjabiyat offers an opportunity to experience life on a live farm ensconced within the rustic smell of the country. Stylishly simple four standalone cottages and a spacious lounge nestle in the gleaming expanse of farmland offering peaceful yet stimulating environment.
Sikhism, also known as Sikhi, is a Dharmic or Indian religion and philosophy that originated in the Western Himalayan and sub-Himalayan Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, around the end of the 15th century CE. It is life according to the Gurmat. It is a positive, spiritually oriented, and life-affirming philosophy as manifested through the divine sermons inscribed in the holy Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
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