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The Akal Takht () literally means The Seat (Throne) of the Timeless One or Seat (Throne) of God is one of the five seats of temporal physical religious authority of the Sikh
Sikh

Sikh is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit ' "disciple, learner" or ' "instruction"....
s. The Jathedar
Jathedar

Jathedar means a Leader. Jathedar is an ordained leader of the Sikh clergy and leads a Takht. A Takht is a sacred and authoritative seat in the Sikh faith....
 of the Akal Takht along with other four Jathedars of the other four holy Takhts
Takht (Sikhism)

The word Takht literally means 'seat of power' or 'throne of authority' and refers to the five bodies of temporal physical authority of the Sikhs....
 are the temporary physical religious authority of Sikhs. Akal means The Timeless One - another term for God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
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The Akal Takht () literally means The Seat (Throne) of the Timeless One or Seat (Throne) of God is one of the five seats of temporal physical religious authority of the Sikh
Sikh

Sikh is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit ' "disciple, learner" or ' "instruction"....
s. The Jathedar
Jathedar

Jathedar means a Leader. Jathedar is an ordained leader of the Sikh clergy and leads a Takht. A Takht is a sacred and authoritative seat in the Sikh faith....
 of the Akal Takht along with other four Jathedars of the other four holy Takhts
Takht (Sikhism)

The word Takht literally means 'seat of power' or 'throne of authority' and refers to the five bodies of temporal physical authority of the Sikhs....
 are the temporary physical religious authority of Sikhs. Akal means The Timeless One - another term for God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
. Takht
Takht

Takht or Takhat is the Persian language word for throne. But may also refer to:* Takht , temporary seat of power or throne of authority in Sikhism...
 means 'seat' or 'throne' in Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
. Akal Takht is located in the Golden Temple
Harmandir Sahib

Golden Temple or Darbar Sahib , informally referred to as The Golden Temple or Temple of God, is culturally the most significant place of worship of the Sikhs and one of the oldest Sikh gurdwaras....
 complex in Amritsar
Amritsar

Amritsar is located in the northwestern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the States and territories of India of Punjab, India, India....
, Punjab
Punjab (India)

Punjab is a States and territories of India in northwest India. The Indian state borders the Pakistani province of Punjab to the west, Jammu and Kashmir to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, Chandigarh to the southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest....
. The Akal Takht was initially built by the sixth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Har Gobind
Guru Har Gobind

Guru Har Gobind also Sacha Badshah was the sixth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 25 May,1606 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Arjan Dev....
 as a symbol for political sovereignty of Sikhs. It stood as a symbol of political and military resistance against the Mughal Empire
Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was a Muslim imperial power of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century....
 in the 17th and 18th century. In 18th century, Ahmed Shah Abdali led a series of attacks on the Akal Takht and Harmandir Sahib
Harmandir Sahib

Golden Temple or Darbar Sahib , informally referred to as The Golden Temple or Temple of God, is culturally the most significant place of worship of the Sikhs and one of the oldest Sikh gurdwaras....
. On June 4, 1984, the Akal Takht building was heavily damaged during Operation Bluestar launched by the Indian Army to evict Sikh Militants lodged therin.

The Jathedar

The current Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib is Giani Gurbachan Singh.

See also


  • Harmandir Sahib
    Harmandir Sahib

    Golden Temple or Darbar Sahib , informally referred to as The Golden Temple or Temple of God, is culturally the most significant place of worship of the Sikhs and one of the oldest Sikh gurdwaras....
    , Amritsar


External links

  • - International Fateh Academy (a budding sikh school of international standard) and IFA supports Akal Takht