Travel Guide to Golden Temple Amritsar
Special articles are shown at Darbar Sahib on some special occasions. Golden Paalki, spades and other articles. This show is called Jalao in Punjabi Language.
Jalao is a Arabic word that means displaying something beautiful, beautifully. Whereas the word Jalao in Darbar Sahib means the display of precious jewelery and articles of ornamental beauty studded with precious stones, diamonds, jewels, pearls, bejeweled canopy.
These invaluable articles include necklace of diamonds and pearls of Kanwar Naunihal Singh presented by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, jewel-encrusted ‘kirpan' of the Maharaja. A ring pertaining to Princess Bamba, a gold canopy, a turquoise peacock, with a neck from blue diamond. This neck is from a single peace of diamond. Gold and silver ornaments such as Chabbas (domelike pendants). The Embedded Sehra (fringes of pearls and gems)pertaining to Maharaja Sher Singh, meant for the marriage valued nearly 1lac, 32 thousands 400 rupees at that time. Chhattar (umbrellas) weighing nearly 10 ser kacha gold, Jhalars (bejeweled frills) the panel of doors of Harimandar coverd with gold sheets.
The Jewelery (Jalao) is displayed at Sri Darbar Sahib on the following occasions:
