The Tomb of Maharaja Ranjitsingh, Lahore
An unusual angle on the Samadhi of Maharajah Ranjit Singh in Lahore.
An unusual angle on the Samadhi of Maharajah Ranjit Singh in Lahore.
A beautiful embossed and hand-tinted card showing the entrance to Harminder Sahib, the holiest of Sikh sites in Amritsar. All the subdued colors on the entrance way were added by hand through stencils, individually on each postcard.
A coloured collotype postcard where the golden hues on the stones have been emphasized to add to the splendor of the building.
The city of Amritsar includes the holiest Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple.
From the early 1600s to the mid 1700s, the 6th through 10th Sikh Gurus defended the temple against Muslim armies, who destroyed it repeatedly.