Golden Temple, India – Vintage Print
![Golden Temple, India, [between 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/56/568b47e251ec-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Golden Temple, India in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Golden Temple, India
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Few sites in India are as recognizable as the Golden Temple at Amritsar, whose gilded upper stories rise from a marble causeway above a sacred pool. Known to Sikhs as Harmandir Sahib, the shrine was completed under Guru Arjan in the early 1600s and houses the Guru Granth Sahib, the faith's scripture. Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of the Punjab, covered much of the building in gold in the 1830s, which gave it the name by which most outsiders know it. This view comes from the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection, made by American travel writers who photographed India for readers at home around 1890 to 1923.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1930. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: India. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). No. 285. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,157 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110720 |
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