Punjab - One Pic per Post

Dhillon

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Punjab - One Pic per Post

In every post there should be a picture related to punjab.
Posts with no pics will be deleted.

Lets start with a picture of Harmandir Sahib.

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Dhillon

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Gatka at Hola Mohalla Anandpur Sahib

Gatka (Punjabi: ਗਤਕਾ gatkā) is the name of an Indian martial art associated with the Sikhs of the Punjab region. It is a style of stick fighting, with wooden sticks intended to simulate swords. The Punjabi name gatka properly refers to the wooden stick used. The word originates as a diminutive of Sanskrit gada "mace".[1] [2] The style originated in later 19th century, out of sword practice in the British Indian Army, divided in two sub-style, called rasmi (ritualistic) and khel (sport) from the 1880s. There has been a revival during the later 20th century, with an International Gatka Federation was founded in 1982 and formalized in 1987, and gatka is now popular as a sport or sword dance performance art and is often shown during Sikh festivals.[2]

Since this revival, the term gatka has sometimes come to be extended to "Sikh martial arts" more generally, including the use of various weapons, more properly called Shastar Vidiya (Punjabi ਸ਼ਸਤਰ ਵਿਦਿਆ shastar vidiyā, from Sanskrit śastra-vidyā "martial arts"). Used in this sense, the term denotes historical martial arts reconstruction of 16th to 18th century Sikh fighting styles.
 

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SehaJ

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Amritsar's 'Kesar Da Dhaba', started in 1916 by Lala Kesar Mal, almost a century-old food outlet, is keeping alive the essence of traditional 'Punjabi Tarka'. The aroma of the 12-hours of simmering 'mah ki dal' to serve with 'lachha parantha' or 'butter naan' is a speciality that has made this traditional Punjabi kitch......en a landmark. Here, around 25 cooks prepare 23 Punjabi delicacies thrice a day. What makes this so unique is that the owners themselves prepare these delicacies to keep the flavour.
 

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