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The Golden Temple, or Harmandir Sahib
Sikhism: Gurdwara Bangla Sahib
Akal Takht crowd
Consulting the Adi Granth
Priest worshiping the Ādi Granth
Geographical distribution of the religions of the world in the early 1980s.
Why is Diwali called the Festival of Lights?
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Tara Singh
Sikh leader
Sant Fateh Singh
Sikh religious leader
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
founder of Sikhism
Bhai Vir Singh
Indian writer and theologian
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer

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