Decorating in India

n August, 2004, I was invited by the SGPC of the Golden Temple to decorate for the 400th Anniversary of the first installation of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib at the Harimander Sahib in Amritsar, India. The event took place in a pandal in New Amritsar. We created a stage which was 6o feet in length and covered it with a thousand of yards of turquoise satin to represent the water at the Darbar and added gold bangle ornaments simulating the shimmering affect of the reflection of the temple.  A digital photo of the Golden Temple was the backdrop and yellow and orange satin draped the front of the stage matching the beautifully ramalas. A gold Adi Shakti was crowning the top of the stage as a turban pin and on each side of the stage flew five majestic Adi Shakti flags standing as high as 20’ and draped in orange satin. In front of the stage a floral design measuring 120’ in length was created on the ground using millions of flower petals. 

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Here I am meeting with Captain Kamaljit Singh and staff in the pandal in New Amritsar explaining my ideas A beautiful family I worked with who designed and constructed the enormous pandal. They had been there for 4 months working when I arrived to do the stage. Pictures shows Sardar, his mother and daughter.

The ceiling of the stage was being erected Sevadar sewing endless yards of yellow satin A sevadar in a room off the parkarma with bundles of colored ramalas tied in orange cotton   People generously gathered to add pins to the 1000 little gold domes to hang from the ceiling