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the brain is not a
vessel to be filled,
It is something to be
IGNITED
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Why We Work on Cultural heritage Projects?
The value system keeps on changing and so does the culture;
it is a very healthy thing for continuous progress. Culture is dynamic and its
dynamism is directly related to the speed of progress. While progressing, it is
important to assess the direction in which one is going vis-à-vis the
direction followed in past. There are many things worthwhile done in past by
exceptional people. Documenting our cultural heritage brings us closer to our
value system and the history. It helps us differentiate the wrong from the right
and it also helps us understand the people, their belief, their deeds and the
acts which earned laurels. Study of cultural heritage can prove to be the right
guide and help one take a balanced path.
We believe that the young must know their own cultural
heritage so we are trying to document it in a way which will make it interesting
enough for the young people to go through it at least once.
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Excited Youngsters while having a guided tour of the
Museum:-
We complaint about your our youngsters getting
westernized and loosing our cultural values. But are we making them aware of
our culture, our heritage? Are we doing anything to make them feel proud of
what we actually are? Have we scientifically told them about our roots?
Burning Brain sensitizes the youngsters about our heritage and roots.
Students being made familiar with our rich heritage under the "Discover
your Heritage" series. |
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OUR
ACTIVE PROJECT OF DOCUMENTING CULTURAL
HERITAGE:
[Pending because of lack of
resources]
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Your Appointment With History
For
the first time in the country, “Burning Brain Society” (a C.S.O.) is
producing a movie on Amritsar, “The City of Golden Temple.”
Amritsar, which is the spiritual capital of Punjab, did not figure
prominently on the world map but recently when the
BBC
(British Broadcast Corporation) rated it as one of the 50 most exciting
and “Must See” places of the world, Amritsar gained the world's
attention and all what was rightfully due to it.
As a project to popularize our cultural heritage sites aided by the added
attention and interest of the world in Amritsar, it was decided that Burning
Brain Society shall produce a movie which shall also be carried on a (Video
Compact Disc) VCD and distributed all across the globe. Besides, a
run of the movie is also planned on Satellite channels.
This special VCD on Amritsar shall be titled
“Amritsar - The City of Golden Temple.”
We offer you an opportunity to be a part of history.
To
Know More, Please send an E-Mail at
amritsar burningbrain.org
or contact us at the below mentioned address |
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Call us at;
+91-172-5165555
to know how you can associate with us.
We also
invite your contributions, which can be in the shape of;
**Any input about Amritsar
**Any book or material which you have.
**Any rare picture which you have
(If scanned at-least 300dpi).
**Any financial contribution.
**Any business proposal for the
distribution of the VCD's.
**Any other business proposal.
**Your Advance order for the VCD of
the movie.
(by the last four abovementioned modes we intend to cover
the cost of the VCD; please note that we are not funded by any government or
non-government agency) |
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WHAT
THE BBC SAYS
The Golden Temple at Amritsar is voted
as number 6 must-see destination.
Although this is the chief house of worship for
Sikhs, and their most important pilgrimage site, you don’t have to be of the
Sikh religion to be moved by the splendour of Amritsar’s Golden Temple, also
known as Sri Hari Mandir Sahib or Sri Darbar Sahib.
Under instructions from Guru Amar Das Sahib, this city was founded by Guru
Ram Das Sahib in 1574. The temple itself was begun in 1604 by Guru Arjun,
then destroyed by Afghan invaders on more than one occasion and rebuilt in
marble and copper in the nineteenth century.
The temple is located on a small island in the centre of a pool called the
amrit-sar ('pool of nectar') and is connected to land by a marble causeway.
The golden colour comes from the overlay of gold foil, hence the name.
Unfortunately the temple sustained further damage in 1984 at the hand of
Indian troops, when Sikh extremists were using it as a refuge.
Patrolling guards are there to ensure that visitors respect the basic rules
when visiting the temple. Shoes must not be worn, and heads must be covered.
Tobacco and drugs are strictly forbidden, and photography is not permitted
inside any of the shrines.
However, as long as the rules are respected, visitors of all religions are
given a warm welcome.
Symbolically, it has entrances on all four sides to show that it is open to
worshippers of all castes and creeds, and visitors are welcome to bathe in
the purifying waters, listen to readings or simply admire the sunlight
gleaming on the magnificent golden domes. |
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