1 'i'ltc Ukalces.
2 ! T HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
3 glittering surface has a splendid appearance when
4 reflecting the rays of the setting sun.
5 t he temple is built in the tank, surrounded by
6 water on all sides, except where the causeway
7 leading to it has been erected. The door of the
8 temple laces the north, and on the ground-door
9 opposite to it sits the presiding Gooroo, with the
10 holy book of the Grunth lying open before him.
11 This apartment is strewed with flowers and the
12 presents made by the daily visiters.
13 The road leading to the door of the temple ts
14 constantly crowded by Sikhs passing to and from
15 the temple, A flight of steps leads to the upper
16 apartments, from which a full view is obtained of
17 the Sacred Tank, and the numerous handsome
18 buildings erected on its sides, belonging to the
19 various Sikh Sirdars in the Punjab, as well as on
20 this side of the Sutlej.
21 1 lie window shutters of the temple are covered
22 noth gold, and the whole structure is of a rich and
23 beautiful description.
24 Opposite the great temple or the Durbar Sahib,
25 as it is, usually called by the Sikhs themselves!
26 stands the temple of the TJkalees, who, at the pre¬
27 sent day, exhibit more of the oiiginal character of
28 the Sikhs, as established by the early founder of the
29 Sikh religion, than is to be met with among the
30 common Sikhs. The Ukalees are extravagant
31 fanatics; they wage war with the followers of all
32 olner religions, agreeably to the tenets of their great
33 reformer, of whom we shall speak hereafter. They