File:Mural depicting Sahib Singh Bedi with his sons and relatives (Suraj Singh, Attar Singh Bedi, and Bikram Singh Bedi, Sujan Singh), and Maharaja Ranjit Singh, from Asthan Baba Bikram Singh Bedi, Kanak Mandi, Amritsar, ca.1863–1879.jpg

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English: Mural of Sahib Singh Bedi with his sons and relatives (Suraj Singh, Attar Singh Bedi, and Bikram Singh Bedi, Sujan Singh), and Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Asthan Baba Bikram Singh Bedi (Ranjit Singh identified by a Gurmukhi inscription as 'sarkar', Bikram Singh Bedi is depicted above Ranjit Singh).

This fresco is located at Asthan Baba Bikram Singh Bedi, Kanak Mandi, Amritsar, as per: [1]

Information on the asthan (information sourced from the Virasati Asthan Seva charity):

The asthan of Baba Bikram Singh Bedi is located in the area that Bikram Singh Bedi was imprisoned in from the aftermath of the Second Anglo-Sikh War/British annexation of the Punjab, until his death in 1863. The asthan's structure, a North Indian-style, two-story haveli, was completed as a samadhi in ca.1879 by Bikram Singh Bedi's Son, Sujan Singh Bedi. Baba Bikrama Singh were imprisoned in the city at the site of the present asthan. After they passed away, their place of captivity was turned into a memorial which centres around a Samadhi asthan. Bhai Amir Singh assisted with the construction of the asthan and is recorded as being responsible for the lime plaster finish which provided the surface required for the adornment of the walls with wall paintings.

The site is located in Kanak Mandi, Amritsar. The family of Baba Sarabjot Singh Bedi based at Una Sahib are the familial custodians of the asthan. A leaking roof, rotting woodwork, and damaged walls have caused large sections of the wall painting located within the structures of the asthan to disappear almost entirely. The wall-paintings in some rooms are in a highly unstable state and in danger of disappearing entirely without intervention. The site is currently being renovated/restored by a a joint conservation team led by Virasati Asthan Seva and Gurmeet Kaur Rai (from the CRCI organization).

The site is referred to as a gurdwara, asthan, haveli, or samadhi. It is unknown if these terms refer to the entire site or there are individual, separate buildings within the asthan that are a samadhi, haveli, gurdwara, or the terms are conflated for the same structure.
Date ca.1863–1879
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Mural depicting Sahib Singh Bedi with his sons and relatives (Suraj Singh, Attar Singh Bedi, and Bikram Singh Bedi, Sujan Singh), and Maharaja Ranjit Singh, from Asthan Baba Bikram Singh Bedi, Kanak Mandi, Amritsar, ca.1863–1879

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