Dilbagh And Gulbagh
Dilbagh and Gulbagh, later renamed Jan Bhai and Suhela, were two horses that were associated with the sixth Sikh guru, Guru Hargobind. Names The name Dilbagh means "heart's happiness" whilst Gulbagh means "flower of happiness". They were later renamed Jan Bhai, meaning "as dear as life", and Suhela, meaning "a dear friend". Description Dilbagh and Gulbagh were both Iraqi horses. Dilbagh and Gulbagh were both white in-colour. History A Sikh ''sakhi'' (anecdote) says two horses, which had been forcibly taken from the Sikhs by the Mughals, were recaptured by Bidhi Chand. The horses had been seized by Mughal officials of Lahore, as the owner, a Sikh who had raised and trained them, was bringing them from Kabul as an offering for the Guru in the company of two ''masands'', Tara Chand and Bakht Mal, who had been dispatched to the local Sikh congregation of Kabul. The horses were specifically seized upon the orders of the Mughal chief of Lahore city, Qasim Beg, for the purpose ...
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Fresco Depicting Bhai Bidhi Chand Presenting The Horses Dilbagh And Gulbagh To Guru Hargobind, From The Pre-1984 Akal Takht, Circa Mid-19th Century
Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word ''fresco'' () is derived from the Italian adjective ''fresco'' meaning "fresh", and may thus be contrasted with fresco-secco or secco mural painting techniques, which are applied to dried plaster, to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting. The word ''fresco'' is commonly and inaccurately used in English to refer to any wall painting regardless of the plaster technology or binding medium. This, in part, contributes to a misconception that the most geographically and temporally common wall painting technology was the painting into wet lime plaster. Even in apparently ''buon fresco'' technology, t ...
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