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210 Years On, Golden Temple Gates Removed For Repairs
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 129606" data-attributes="member: 884"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">Doors of Darshani Deodi</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: navy">Controversy over their origin refuses to die down </span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: navy">Varinder Singh</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Tribune News Service </span></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy"><strong>Amritsar, July 7</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">The controversy over the contention of SGPC chief Avtar Singh that the doors of the Darshani Deodi did not originate from the Somnath Temple has refused to die down with Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) chief Simranjit Singh Mann and veteran Army officer Brig KS Kang (retd) asserting that the doors had their origin in the Somnath Temple and that these were brought by Sikhs. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=200 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><span style="color: navy"><img src="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100708/pun2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: navy"><span style="color: red">The Darshani Deodi doors at the Golden Temple. Photo: Vishal Kumar</span></span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Apprehending that the SGPC was in the process of “handing the silver-carved doors back to the Somnath Temple Trust”, he said a delegation of his party would inspect the doors on July 9. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">After the replacement of the original set of doors for their repair, the SGPC authorities have displayed these silver-carved doors in a huge glass box near Akal Takht with a promise that these would be repaired by experts in full view of devotees and would be kept under round-the-clock guard. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">Baba Kashmir Singh, in charge of the ‘kar sewa’ for the repair of doors, has asserted that there was no scope of any mischief and foolproof arrangements for the security and safety of the doors had been ensured. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">“The SGPC chief may show his ignorance, but the fact is that the doors were looted from the Somnath Temple by Mughal invaders led by Mahmud of Ghazni. These were taken back by Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa. Avtar Singh may not remember but the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai had expressed his intention to take these back from the Golden Temple but his plea was flatly refused by the then Akali Dal chief Jagdev Singh Talwandi. During his tenure as the Union Home Minister, LK Advani, too, had lobbied hard to take these doors back to Gujarat,” said Mann. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">On the other hand, Chandigarh-based Brig KS Kang (retd), who claimed to have undertaken extensive research on the subject, said though the doors were looted from the Somnath Temple and were taken to Ghazni in Afghanistan by Mahmud of Ghazni-led Mughal invaders in 1026, these were brought back by 43 Bengal Native Infantry during its Afghanistan expedition under the command of Commander Stacy in 1842. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">“These doors were first brought to Ferozepur and were subsequently taken to Amritsar after Maharaja Sher Singh had accorded safe passage to the regiment under British rule. In fact, these doors were offered to the Somnath Temple Trust but it had refused to take these back on religious grounds and were installed in the Golden Temple. The doors had remained at Ghazni for about 800 years. Everything is written in black and white in the regimental history,” said Kang while talking to The Tribune on the phone.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: navy">source:</span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100708/punjab.htm" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100708/punjab.htm#15</span></u></a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 129606, member: 884"] [CENTER][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Doors of Darshani Deodi[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=navy]Controversy over their origin refuses to die down [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=navy]Varinder Singh[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Tribune News Service [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/CENTER] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy][B]Amritsar, July 7[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]The controversy over the contention of SGPC chief Avtar Singh that the doors of the Darshani Deodi did not originate from the Somnath Temple has refused to die down with Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) chief Simranjit Singh Mann and veteran Army officer Brig KS Kang (retd) asserting that the doors had their origin in the Somnath Temple and that these were brought by Sikhs. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=200 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%">[COLOR=navy][IMG]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100708/pun2.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=navy][COLOR=red]The Darshani Deodi doors at the Golden Temple. Photo: Vishal Kumar[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Apprehending that the SGPC was in the process of “handing the silver-carved doors back to the Somnath Temple Trust”, he said a delegation of his party would inspect the doors on July 9. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]After the replacement of the original set of doors for their repair, the SGPC authorities have displayed these silver-carved doors in a huge glass box near Akal Takht with a promise that these would be repaired by experts in full view of devotees and would be kept under round-the-clock guard. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]Baba Kashmir Singh, in charge of the ‘kar sewa’ for the repair of doors, has asserted that there was no scope of any mischief and foolproof arrangements for the security and safety of the doors had been ensured. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]“The SGPC chief may show his ignorance, but the fact is that the doors were looted from the Somnath Temple by Mughal invaders led by Mahmud of Ghazni. These were taken back by Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa. Avtar Singh may not remember but the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai had expressed his intention to take these back from the Golden Temple but his plea was flatly refused by the then Akali Dal chief Jagdev Singh Talwandi. During his tenure as the Union Home Minister, LK Advani, too, had lobbied hard to take these doors back to Gujarat,” said Mann. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]On the other hand, Chandigarh-based Brig KS Kang (retd), who claimed to have undertaken extensive research on the subject, said though the doors were looted from the Somnath Temple and were taken to Ghazni in Afghanistan by Mahmud of Ghazni-led Mughal invaders in 1026, these were brought back by 43 Bengal Native Infantry during its Afghanistan expedition under the command of Commander Stacy in 1842. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]“These doors were first brought to Ferozepur and were subsequently taken to Amritsar after Maharaja Sher Singh had accorded safe passage to the regiment under British rule. In fact, these doors were offered to the Somnath Temple Trust but it had refused to take these back on religious grounds and were installed in the Golden Temple. The doors had remained at Ghazni for about 800 years. Everything is written in black and white in the regimental history,” said Kang while talking to The Tribune on the phone.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=navy]source:[/COLOR] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100708/punjab.htm"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100708/punjab.htm#15[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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