Ranjit Singh British. Singh is remembered for uniting Sikhs and founding the prosperous Sikh Empire. He is also remembered for his conquests and building a well-trained, self-sufficient Khalsa army to protect the empire. He amassed considerable wealth, including gaining the possession of the Koh-i-Noor diamond from Shuja Shah Durrani of Afghanistan, which he left to Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha in 1839. Perhaps Singh's most lasting legacy was the restoration and expansion of the Harmandir Sahib, the most revered Gurudwara of the Sikhs, which is now known popularly as the "Golden Temple". Much of the present decoration at the Harmandir Sahib, in
Sikh feminism ruled a misunderstanding. Any man or woman is welcome in the Temple and accepted in all prayers and recitations of the Guru Granth Sahib. Every Temple has a Langar (kitchen) where people of any gender and from any faith, ethnicity or cultural background, are welcome to a free vegetarian meal. Everyone eats on the floor together to show social equality. Despite the fact it is not prohibited for men and women to sit together, traditionally they still sit on opposite of the congregation in the Darbar Sahib Hall (main hall), both equal distances from the Guru Granth Sahib. Sikh scriptures